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The Kelso-Turner Nursery School in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1947 (year approximate) to 1978 (year approximate)

Description

From the Elizabeth Casper Photograph Collection (PH-00375) -- Nursery School on Kelso-Turner Project. 9th and 10th Streets, undated.

Image

Photograph of early Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 1910

Date

1910

Description

A picture of a bird's eye view of Las Vegas from the roof of the Episcopal Church.

Image

Saint James Catholic Church (Las Vegas, Nev.)

820 North H St., Las Vegas, Nev.

Corporate Body

Leona Hinton oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03471

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Leona Hinton conducted by Irene Rostine on September 27, 1995, October 31, 1995, and November 18, 1995 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN). In her interviews Hinton discusses working for Rheem Manufacturing Company in Henderson, Nevada during World War II. She describes the challenges of being a working mother, the housing issues in Henderson, and attending Mormon church services. Hinton also discusses her husband's military and firefighter career. Finally, she describes wages, working conditions, and specifics about her work at the Rheem Manufacturing plant.

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