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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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Goldfield boxing match: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Boxing match between Terry Mustain (?) on left and young Peter Jackson (right) in Goldfield, Nevada. Arrow on the image is pointing to Rinker: he "paid with a $40 gold piece for that seat."

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Transcript of interview with Stella Butterfield by Joanne Goodwin, October 14 & October 25, 2005

Date

2005-10-14
2005-10-25

Description

Interviewed by Joanne L. Goodwin. Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert. In December of 1948 she went to the Canal Zone in Panama to be the secretary of the commanding officer of the Panama Supply Depot. Stella was also a law reporter for court martials. She met Frank Butterfield, who was stationed there, and married him in 1952. He was transferred back to the United States, and they lived in Massachusetts. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and in 1953 they moved to Las Vegas, where she was a court reporter at Nellis Air Force Base. Then they moved to Mexico City, then back to California where she worked as a legal secretary. In early 1955 they moved back to Las Vegas, and Stella worked as a federal court reporter for Judge Roger T. Foley.

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Transcript of interview with Maxine James by Danny DiGiacomo, March 2, 1977

Date

1977-03-02

Description

On March 2, 1977, Danny DiGiacomo interviewed office manager, Maxine James (born September 6th, 1925, in Hayti, Missouri) about her life in Southern Nevada. The two discuss the ease with which people could find jobs in early Las Vegas. The interview provides an overview of James’ occupational history in Las Vegas and concludes with a discussion on the rapid growth of the city in the fifties and sixties.

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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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