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Letter to W. H. Bancroft and J. Ross Clark, May 18, 1908

Date

1908-05-18

Archival Collection

Description

An inspection of the pipeline showed that in many places, the asphalt was coming off the pipe and there were quite a few leaks. Maintenance would allow it to last perhaps a year longer, but then it would need to be replaced.

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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02200

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Larry Sampson on November 28, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Kirk-Hughes relates her birth and upbringing in Simmersport, Louisiana, becoming a teen mother, earning a GED and earning her first college degree before marrying and moving to Greece and Dubai. She then explains how she returned to the United States to earn her masters degree before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She discusses her second marriage, her decision to attend law school, and her decision to go into private practice instead of working for a law firm. She talks about cases she worked on, people in the community she knew, and the effects of discrimination on her work and career. She ends by talking about her third marriage and sharing thoughts on how the Las Vegas African American community has lost some of the cohesiveness and unity of earlier decades.

Archival Collection

Photograph of railroad station remains, Gold Center (Nev.), 1906-1928

Date

1906 to 1928

Description

Remains of T&T (Tonopah and Tidewater) railroad station at Goldcenter, Nevada.

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Marion Brooks oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00258

Abstract

Oral history interview with Marion Brooks conducted by Kathleen Kasmier on February 24, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Brooks talks about working in mining at Blue Diamond and some of the professional mining societies he was a part of. Brooks also discusses the environmental, economic, and demographic changes he saw in Las Vegas, Nevada throughout the decades.

Archival Collection

Photograph of ruined fence, Crucero (Calif.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

A broken fence is partially buried under the sands of the desert. Telephone wires and trees line the background of the image. Inscription reads: "Ruined T&T sand-retaining fence at north side of Crucero, Calif."

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