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Laura Gunning oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Laura Gunning conducted by Mike Martinez on March 5, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Gunning discusses her life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gunning first talks about her family background, her church membership, education, and the minimum wage. She also talks about the Las Vegas Strip, the first businesses and markets in Las Vegas, change in climate, and family trips.
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Polly F. Lilly oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Polly F. Lilly conducted by Connie L. Patterson on March 26, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project. In this interview, Lilly discusses a range of topics, from building a Catholic church in early Las Vegas, Nevada, to the nearby nuclear weapons tests. She also describes witnessing a confrontation between Senator Joseph McCarthy and Hank Greenspun on stage at the now demolished War Memorial Building in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Janet Adams oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Janet Adams conducted by Glodene Sawyer on October 13, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Adams (born in Scotland) discusses her move to Las Vegas, Nevada from California with her husband. Adams also briefly discusses early churches, the above-ground atomic testing, President Kennedy’s visit, and her enjoyment in recreational fishing.
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Rampton, Renée Marchant, 1935-
Renée grew up in a family of fifteen children. In 1956 she married musician Roger Rampton, a successful percussionist. They soon moved to Las Vegas where Roger performed on the Strip. She remained active in her Mormon faith and the Church's music ministry. When the Clark County School District was going to cut their music programs in the early 1970s, she became a vocal community opponent. In the 1970s the Mormon Church opposed the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Rolling footage of Las Vegas, Nevada locations (non-strip related): video, 1988 March
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Opens with wide desert landscape and close-ups of plants taken from different angles; cuts to Meadows Mall parking lot and sign, car begins driving and continutes to roll footage as it drives through the city. B-roll shots of the freeway, buildings on the side of the freeway, and then the camera operator gets into a helicopter at McCarran and the footage switches briefly to aerial view of the airport, then back to rolling ground footage. Views include local branch library, Fashion Show mall, strip malls, a parks, Nevada State Museum, residential streets, churches, and East Las Vegas Senior Center. Original media 1 Inch SMPTE Type B, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 046
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Crowd of people listening to Sister Rosemary Lynch on Nagasaki Night at IFOR: photographic print
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