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Firth, Brian
Brian Firth is the co-founder of the comedy band the Dummkopfs. Firth is a trumpeter, first starting to play professionally at age twenty-one. He played primarily in the United Kingdom with a group called the Nitwits. The Nitwits came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967 to perform at the Lido de Paris and stayed for a few years. After the break up of the Nitwits, Brian joined the Mickey Finn Band. He played with them for fifteen years before he and his wife Suzy created the Dummkopfs.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 33
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Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board of Directors meeting minutes, June 7, 1989.
Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957.
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Joy Rineer oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Joy Rineer conducted by Claytee D. White on December 07, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Rineer discusses her upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. She describes her career as an architect, designing the Resilience Center for those affected by the 1 October shooting, and the city’s response to the shooting. Later, Rineer describes helping the grief-stricken city through architecture, establishing the Leadership Las Vegas program, and organizing blood drives. Lastly, Rineer discusses the changes in Las Vegas after the tragedy.
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Marriage certificate of Helen and Frank Stewart and Tiza Stewart land patents
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Marriage certificate of Helen and Frank Stewart and Tiza Stewart land patents
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