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Rachel Coleman oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Rachel Coleman conducted by Claytee White on July 24, 1996 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Rachel Coleman discusses her move to Las Vegas, Nevada and her first job in town, washing glasses at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. She continues speaking about her work experience including how she was promoted to executive housekeeper at the Hacienda Resort Hotel and Casino in 1969. She then talks about how she became a representative for the Culinary Union Local 226 in 1973, how she became department head of the Union in 1981, and her experience running for Union president in 1987. Finally, Coleman recalls the atmosphere of Las Vegas from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Film negative, artist's rendering of the proposed Lady Luck casino (Las Vegas), perspective view of the lobby, before 1956
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Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the proposed lobby area for the Lady Luck, later the Hacienda. Inverted negative film transparency.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Argentina. Ministerio de Hacienda y Finanzas. Servicio de Prensa y Publicaciones
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Corporate Body
Film negative, Googie architectural design drawing of the proposed Lady Luck casino (Las Vegas), before 1956
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An artist's conception of the proposed Lady Luck complex, later the named the Hacienda. Inverted negative film transparency. Efstonbuilt, Inc. of Chicago, architects
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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