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Photograph of couples dancing inside the Town Hall Casino, Tonopah (Nev.), 1950-1959
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Freedom Dinner Gala, March 10, 2007
Description
Henry Winkler with group of women.
Transcript of interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee D. White, February 14, 1997
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with D. D. Cotton conducted by Claytee D. White on February 14, 1997. Raised in New York City, Cotton arrived in Las Vegas as a dancer in Cab Calloway's traveling production "The Cotton Club." During a period of strained race relations, she stood for equal rights as the first black cocktail waitress on the Strip and one of the first black dealers.
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Film transparency of the Rotary Club at the Hoover Dam Decennial, October 1946
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Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of several unidentified men and women associated with the Rotary Club attending the Boulder Dam decennial (officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947).
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Series 2. Political Advocacy, 1969-1998
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Scope and Contents
The Political Advocacy series (1969-1998) provides documentation of Florence McClure’s work as a political advocate for women’s issues in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as at the state and national level. Included is her testimony before the U.S. Senate and summaries of her activities in the Nevada State Legislature regarding women’s issues.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Florence McClure Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Nevada's First Atomic Bomb float, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1951
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957
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Archival Collection
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