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"The Fallacy of Hard Work": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On lack of work opportunity for people of color.

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"And Justice for All: Part III": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On law enforcement mistreatment/discrimination Mexican Americans.

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Moulin Rouge site, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-18

Description

The remnants of buildings that once surrounded the famed Moulin Rouge hotel and casino in the historic Westside neighborhood. The buildings were schedule to be demolished shortly after these images were taken. Years of neglect and fires claimed the original building.

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Fedora Bontempi Simpkin and Marian Judickis: photographic print

Date

1979

Description

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is Chairman/Coordinator, Fedora Bontempi-Simpkin, Lt. Govenor Myron Leavitt and Clark County Mother of the year, Marian Judickis in 1979.

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Photograph of Assemblywoman Elieen Brookman and Senator Harry Reid, 1989

Date

1989

Archival Collection

Description

A color portrait of Nevada Assemblywoman Eileen Brookman and Nevada Senator Harry Reid. The photograph is autographed to Eileen by Reid. The inscription says: "To Eileen - for many years of friendship [illegible]. Harry Reid, U.S.S.". The picture was taken in 1989.

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Home of Norman "Curly" Coombs: photographic print

Date

1960

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family. Coombs purchased the house about 1950 and moved into it the following year; the siding was added in 1955.

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Remains of the home of Jack Longstreet: photographic print

Date

1983-07

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family. Another view of the home of Jack Longstreet. The home was destroyed by a flood in the following year.

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Newsletter from Temple Beth Sholom (Las Vegas, Nev.), April 1998

Date

1998-04

Archival Collection

Description

The Bulletin is the monthly newsletter from Temple Beth Sholom. This issue includes columns by the Temple President and the Cantor, religious school news, announcements and calendars, event photographs, and advertisements.

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Photograph of the Boulder Dam Power Decennial plaque, October 25, 1946

Date

1946-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

The face of the Boulder Dam Power Decennial plaque, which was made for the ten year anniversary of Boulder Dam, renamed Hoover Dam in 1947. Depicted on the sign is an outline of the downstream face of the Hoover Dam, along with outlines of the state seals of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Transcribed across the sign: "Boulder Dam, Power Decennial. Flood Control - Irrigation - Power. Saluting Boulder Dam On Its Tenth Year Of Commercial Power Production. 1936-1946. Honoring The People Of The Colorado River Basin States. Whose initiative brought forth Boulder Dam, making possible: The maximum utilization of the water resources of this great river system; The prevention of floods; The conservation of water; The availability of hydroelectric energy to a wide area."

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