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Merle Frehner oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Merle Frehner conducted by Elisabeth Nelson Patrick January 17, 1981 and January 19, 1981 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In the first interview, Frehner talks about his upbringing in Littlefield, Arizona and moving to St. Thomas, Nevada. He talks about driving heavy-duty freight wagons, transporting mining supplies, and the formation of a school district in St. Thomas. Frehner remembers the entertainment in St. Thomas during the 1920s, recreational activities, and commuting to Overton, Nevada to attend high school. Lastly, Frehner describes the local businesses in St. Thomas, miners residing in the town, and the town’s growing popularity after the construction of Arrowhead Trail (U. S. Highway 91). In the last interview, Frehner discusses transporting produce to Las Vegas, Nevada and Tonopah, Nevada during the late 1920s, the construction of Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead water levels overtaking St. Thomas.
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Beverly Hilton and Flamingo Hotel reception: photographic print
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Photograph of instructors and students at Las Vegas High School, 1916
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Transcribed from the back of the photograph:
1. Iona Jurden
2. Ruth Boyd
3. Tusy Boyd of Highbie
4. Bess Dupuis
5. June Huff
6. Nona Harkins (Mrs.)
7. Lola Ball
8. Miss Britt
9. Ruth Norris
10. Glen Trout
11. Edward Hartsman
12. Prof. B. Street
13. Ray Cragin
14. Cecil Rowe
15. Herbert Burnside
16. Joe Jackson
17. Hon. R.R. Robertson, Jr.
18. Clarence Vandeventer
19. Sarah Peters
20. Verna Pollock
21. Verda Potter
22. Mildred Hinge
23. Zona Pollock
24. Ella Coughlin
25. Gladys Cyphus
26. Doris Cyphus
27. Fay Cyphus
28. Pauline Stephens
29. Eanis Liday
30. Rob Griffith
31. Hazel Potter
32. Alice Fell
33. Grace West (E.N.S.)
34. Helen Boyd
35. Barbara Bell
36. Daisy French
37. Alice Montgomery
38. Allison Moffet
39. Ida Brashaw
40. Miss Johnson
41. Miss Jackson
42. Irma Funk
43. Iona Summerville
44. Frank Coughlin
45. Thomas J. Loane, Jr.
46. Harold Clark
47. Gerald Nelson
48. Vernon Nutthall
49. Otto Westlake
50. Prof. J.F. Mojes
51. Beulah Booth
52. Margaret Wilson
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Collection Name: Alice Kinnear Photograph
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Slide of the Fremont Theatre marquee advertising "The Big Circus," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1959
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Slide of the Fremont Theatre marquee advertising "The Big Circus," Las Vegas (Nev.), 1959
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