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Photograph of Arlone Scott, June 3, 1978

Date

1978-06-03

Description

Color photograph of Arlone Scott in her home, dated June 3, 1978.

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Portrait photograph of Cora Williams, circa 1975

Date

1975

Description

Black and white portrait photograph of Cora Williams, circa 1975.

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Various political figures and community members stand by the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign with rainbow-colored lights in celebration of Las Vegas Gay Pride Week: digital image

Date

2013-08-30

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: In recognition of Gay Pride Week the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority changed the bulbs outlining the Welcome to Las Vegas sign from yellow to rainbow-colored. For a detailed description of this event, see Dennis McBride journal entry for September 8, 2013. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Heidi Swank [Nevada State Assemblywoman, District 16, Democrat]; Nelson Araujo [representative from U. S. Senator-NV Harry Reid's office, Democrat (gay)]; David Parks [Nevada State Senator, District 7, Democrat (gay)]; unidentified Asian man; Larry Edwards [African American female impersonator]; unidentified man; unidentified man; unidentified man

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Various political figures and community members stand by the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign with rainbow-colored lights in celebration of Las Vegas Gay Pride Week: digital image

Date

2013-08-30

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: In recognition of Gay Pride Week the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority changed the bulbs outlining the Welcome to Las Vegas sign from yellow to rainbow-colored. For a detailed description of this event, see Dennis McBride journal entry for September 8, 2013. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Miss Las Vegas Gay Pride 2013 [see Vegas Seven magazine, November 21, 2013, pp. 16-21]; James Healey [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 35, Democrat (gay)]; Nelson Araujo [representative from U. S. Senator-NV Harry Reid's office; Democrat (gay)]; unidentified man; Larry Edwards [African American female impersonator]; unidentified man

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Evans, Dorothy Casner, 1913-1993

Dorothy Casner Evans arrived in Tonopah, Nevada in 1938. She started working for her brother-in-law, Dave Roberts, as a bookkeeper at his freighting and house-moving business (Dave is the husband of Ellen Roberts, Dorothy's sister). She later started driving trucks and moving houses for the company. In 1950, Evans left the house-moving business and began working at the Tonopah Club. She left the Tonopah Club in 1962 to take a job as deputy sheriff in Mercury, Nevada. Dorothy Casner Evans died on November 24, 1993.

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