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Photograph of Francis X. Brownhofer in front of Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 1944

Date

1944-05

Description

Francis X. Brownhofer on horseback in front of the Gay Nineties Bar at the Hotel Last Frontier. Site Name: Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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DiCotignano, Jay, 1960-

Reverend of the American Catholic Church in Nevada, an independent church that does not frown upon homosexuality or female clergy.

Dicotignano regularly performed holy unions for gay couples from all over the country before gay marriage was legalized.

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Many of the original members of the Valley View Golf Club: photographic print

Date

1958

Description

From the Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (PH-00334). Many of the original members of the Valley View Golf Club. From left to right: Willie "Punch" Hughes, Marshall Branch, Mr. Caperton, unknown, Jonas Geran (Barber), Henry Moore, Willie Brewster, Jim Roberts, unknown, Andy Breuner, James B. McMillan, unknown, Lorenzo Calhoun, and Jimmie Gay.

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Vandersnick, Ralph, 1927-

Ralph Vandersnick was born March 16, 1927 in Annawan, Illinois, a small town that was 150 miles from Chicago, Illinois. His mother died when he was five, and his family moved to Atkinson, Illinois in 1934. He grew up in the Great Depression and was drafted into World War II when he was 17, missing high school graduation by a year.

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