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Photograph of guests dancing in the Copa Showroom, Las Vegas, circa 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

An image of guests dancing onstage in the Copa Room, the showroom at the Sands Hotel and Casino. The objects on tables indicate it is probably New Year's Eve.

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Biographical essay by Judy Newman, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Judy Newman describes her early life in an orphanage in Poland, and went to Israel in the 1950s, where she met her husband.

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Ernest Oon oral history interview: transcript

Date

2023-02-16

Archival Collection

Description

Oral history interview with Ernest Oon conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on February 16, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Oon recalls his childhood in Singapore, where his father worked on the Health and Sports Council for the Singaporean Government and his mother worked as a television assistant producer. Growing up, Oon recalls being very active, participating in everything from soccer to Tae Kwon Do. In an effort to continue his education without being being interrupted by Singapore's civil service program, Oon applied to college in the United States and ended up attending California State University. Although he was on the medicine track in Singapore, he switched to finance. After a series of jobs within credit banking, he is now a chief credit officer for Bank of Nevada. Throughout the interview, Oon reflects on the changes in his life living in different places, the street food from Singapore, and his unique tennis game.

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