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Summary of claims filed against A. Winters Estate

Date

1896 to 1899

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from "Financial Records" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Photograph of pedestrians and traffic in downtown, Beatty (Nev.), 1926

Date

1926

Description

Caption: Beatty when Leadfield boomed, 1926. For 20 years it had waited for another.

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Tony Wuehle Collection

Identifier

MS-00522

Abstract

The Tony Wuehle Collection documents the activities of freelance writer, college president, and poker expert Edwin "Tony" Wuehle of Michigan and Las Vegas, Nevada, between the years of 1950 to 2007. The collection consists of copies of Wuehle's regular columns, newsletters, and special articles as they were published in various journals and newspapers, especially those related to poker, the International Home and Private Poker Player's Association (IH3PA), education administration, and religious concerns.

Archival Collection

Land in front of large Belmont home: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

A big house sits on a hill in Belmont, Nevada, circa early 1900s. Trees line the entrance to the neighbor's home that is well hidden among the foliage.

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Donna and Gail Andress oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02750

Abstract

Oral history interview with Donna and Gail Andress conducted by Karen Schank on April 13, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

Donna and Gail Andress talk about their early lives and how they each came to live in North Las Vegas (Donna moved with her family from Los Angeles and Gail with his family from Arizona). They discuss city life in the 1930s, places they spent their time as children, their education, and how they met in high school. Donna and Gail recall their marriage and early years as a married couple living apart while Gail served in the Navy as a turret gunner. The couple discuss businesses that operated in the area and shared stories of raising their children in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

William Shockley and Little May: photographic print

Date

1908

Description

William Hillman Shockley with Little May. She was the Paiute granddaughter of woman who cleaned for Bradfords. They treated her like family.

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