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Lily Teo oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Lily Teo conducted by Stefani Evans on February 7, 2022 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Lily Teo discusses her upbringing in Singapore, her education, her religious beliefs, and converting from Buddhism to Catholicism. She talks about her husband, her early married years, and what life was like as a young mother of three children. Teo shares how she started a catering business to feed construction workers and was responsible for shopping for ingredients, preparing all meals and tea, and cooking the food on site in her temporary kitchen. She talks about her children, the faiths they practice and languages they speak including English, Malay, and Mandarin, and the customs and traditions they practice, such as celebrating Lunar New Year and other holidays. Lily's daughter, Stella, sits in on the interview and expands on her mother's recollections.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter program committee reports
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Archival Collection
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From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Photographs of Roulette Motel sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 18, 2017
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Archival Collection
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Site address: 2019 Fremont St
Sign owner: Proview Series 77 LLC
Sign details: A .63 acre lot that was constructed in 1955.
Sign condition: 3 - the roadway sign's neon is broken in various places, reader board uses banners instead of cut out letters, sun damaged paint (faded), unknown if still lit.
Sign form: back to back pole/monument sign
Sign-specific description: Double sided sign with graphic of a Roulette table which may have been animated (little cut out holes can be seen on the board). Skeletal neon around word "Roulette" and "Motel" and "No Vacancy" with decorative braid style design around the arch of the sign. Banner used for reader board instead of original cut out letters, possibly internally lit.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel and Plastic
Sign animation: Possible flicker animation on roulette table at one time
Sign environment: Motel is by other motels and a residential area
Sign - date of installation: Possibly 1960s, not the original sign
Sign - date of redesign/move: Sign has been repainted recently, but exact date unknown
Sign - thematic influences: Casino themed, seemed to be popular trend in the 50s-60s on Fremont.
Survey - research locations: Motel website, www.roadarch.com,
Survey - research notes: Owner owns multiple properties on Fremont Street
Surveyor: Danny Jacobs
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-13
Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Plastic; Pole sign; Flickering; Back to back
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 44th commencement program
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Archival Collection
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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