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Nanyu Tomiyasu oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03352

Abstract

Oral history interview with Nanyu (Nelson) Tomiyasu conducted by Samantha Kerwin on April 30, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Tomiyasu discuses life, changes, and politics in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tomiyasu also talks about the organizations he was a part of, including The Southern Nevada Landscaping Contractors Association, and The Southern Nevada Urban League. The interview concludes with Tomiyasu recalling the above ground atomic test, and World War II.

Archival Collection

Photographs of Governor Sawyer and Miles Pike, (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Governor Sawyer and Miles Nelson Pike stand together next to an American flag and possibly Nevada's state flag. Pike was the Chariman of the Democratic Party and former Nevada District Attorney as well as a Supeme Court Judge. Photographer: John Nulty

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