From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Snick's Place was a queer bar which stood at 1402 South Third Street [1976-2014] whose mascots were two pink elephants, celebrated in a painting which hung in the bar from 1992 until it was remodeled and renamed the Bastille in 2014. Bar owner Dominick Vitale donated the elephant painting to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. This series of photos documents removing the painting from the bar for delivery to the Nevada State Museum.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Snick's Place was a queer bar which stood at 1402 South Third Street [1976-2014] whose mascots were two pink elephants, celebrated in a painting which hung in the bar from 1992 until it was remodeled and renamed the Bastille in 2014. Bar owner Dominick Vitale donated the elephant painting to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. This series of photos documents removing the painting from the bar for delivery to the Nevada State Museum.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Snick's Place was a queer bar which stood at 1402 South Third Street [1976-2014] whose mascots were two pink elephants, celebrated in a painting which hung in the bar from 1992 until it was remodeled and renamed the Bastille in 2014. Bar owner Dominick Vitale donated the elephant painting to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. This series of photos documents removing the painting from the bar for delivery to the Nevada State Museum.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Snick's Place was a queer bar which stood at 1402 South Third Street [1976-2014] whose mascots were two pink elephants, celebrated in a painting which hung in the bar from 1992 until it was remodeled and renamed the Bastille in 2014. Bar owner Dominick Vitale donated the elephant painting to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. This series of photos documents removing the painting from the bar for delivery to the Nevada State Museum.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Snick's Place was a queer bar which stood at 1402 South Third Street [1976-2014] whose mascots were two pink elephants, celebrated in a painting which hung in the bar from 1992 until it was remodeled and renamed the Bastille in 2014. Bar owner Dominick Vitale donated the elephant painting to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. This series of photos documents removing the painting from the bar for delivery to the Nevada State Museum.
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: Snick's Place was a queer bar which stood at 1402 South Third Street [1976-2014] whose mascots were two pink elephants, celebrated in a painting which hung in the bar from 1992 until it was remodeled and renamed the Bastille in 2014. Bar owner Dominick Vitale donated the elephant painting to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. This series of photos documents removing the painting from the bar for delivery to the Nevada State Museum.
Marlon Tinana is a real estate investor and supporter of the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community. In 1993, Tinana was hired along with Edmund Ueling as managers to transform The Cave Nightclub into a gay nightclub, with the eventual goal of making an LGBTQ+ district in Las Vegas. Tinana and Uehling had experience in managing the Gipsy, a popular gay nightclub in Las Vegas, and also co-owned a gay bookstore, Get Booked, until 1995.
Side A) MCCLV introduces "Michael and Paulette" who present their "On Course" program titled, Putting Your Love on Course. The introduction is by MCCLV Rev. Wes McPherson. The program includes mention of prison ministry at Jean, NV, and individual testimonials about the success of the On Course program in people's lives. Side B) A worship service with entertainment at the Desert Community Church, ca. 1984, with no further identification. Desert Community Church was a "welcoming" [i.e., queer-friendly] congregation.
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Collection Number: MS-00251 Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection Box/Folder: Box 19, Digital File 00
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: The address given for the Kit Kat Club is approximate as it stood on the outskirts of Las Vegas at what then was known as "Five Points": the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard, East Fremont Street, and the Boulder Highway [at this location today noted as the extension of East Fremont Street]. ... This photograph belongs to the Clark County Museum. ... For more on the Kit Kat Club, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], p. 56. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: unidentified female impersonator [signature illegible]
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: The address given for the Kit Kat Club is approximate as it stood on the outskirts of Las Vegas at what then was known as "Five Points": the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard, East Fremont Street, and the Boulder Highway [at this location today noted as the extension of East Fremont Street]. ... This photograph belongs to the Clark County Museum. ... For more on the Kit Kat Club, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], p. 56.