Oral history interviews with Foothill High School students conducted by Claytee D. White on March 24, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.
Students from Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada are interviewed in front of one another as part of a class by Claytee D. White. Those interviewed include Shardé Smith, Evan Roquemore, Whitney Welch, RosAnne Ritchie, and Lindsay Gingrich. Claytee D. White is also interviewed by unnamed students. Each participant talks about their life, what brought them to live in Las Vegas, details of where they may have lived previously, and their interests and hobbies.
School children and teachers pose outside a one-story wooden building identified as "the only school in Las Vegas at the time". The school building was moved by railroad from Rhyolite to the corner of 2nd Street and Lewis in Las Vegas. People identified in the photo are, beginning with front row, left to right: #1: sister of #5 (name unknown); #5: sister of #1 (name unknown); #7: Kessler ( Ernie May's sister); #9: Otto "Kelly" Westlake; #10: Ernie May; #29 Older son of Tom Squires; #38: Tom Lake; #40: Mrs. Palmer (teacher who ran the high school); #41: Mrs. Bartlet (teacher who ran the grammar school). Approximate date between 1905-1910.
First grade pupils of 5th Street School, Las Vegas, approximately 1915. (Arthur Gregory pictured.) l-r, back row 1. Francis Gaulke 2. Dorothy Farnsworth 11. Margaret Moffet. Middle row 3. George Frazier 4. Grant Ely 7. Jack Lidel 8. Majnard Pollock 9. J. B. Crow; front row 2. Franklin Fell 3. Jackie Von Tobel 4. Arthur "Art" Walker Gregory 5. Edward Von Tobel Jr.
The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes practicing a routine on the law at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The text printed on the photo reads: "Buy-a-mile!"
From the Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (PH-00334). Attendees giving James B. McMillan (seated) a round of applause at the James B. McMillan Elementary School dedication ceremony.
From the Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (PH-00334). Marie and James B. McMillan at the James B. McMillan Elementary School dedication ceremony.