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Ida M. Harris oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01441

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ida M. Harris conducted by Claytee D. White on March 25, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Harris discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada as a young women in 1920. She talks about parties she attended, her employment in retail and accounting, the Rose Bowl Parade, Helldorado, the construction of Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada, and riding events she participated in as a member of the women's riding group The Lariettes. She also mentions local sights, the outdoor movie theatre, the early casinos, and the Las Vegas Jockey Club racetrack. She also identifies numerous individuals in photographs.

Archival Collection

Float in the Henderson Industrial Days Parade, image 001: photographic print

Date

1956

Description

Unidentified women ride on a float through the Henderson Industrial Days Parade.

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Transcript of interview with Dorothy Eisenberg by Barbara Tabach, October 23, 2014

Date

2014-10-23

Description

Interview with Dorothy Eisenberg by Barbara Tabach on October 23, 2014. In this interview, Eisenberg discusses her upbringing on the east coast and becoming a widow with four children. She met her second husband at a synagogue, and they moved to Las Vegas for a fresh start. Eisenberg became involved with Temple Beth Sholom, and the Las Vegas League of Women Voters. She has a school named after her in the Clark County School District.

Dorothy Eisenberg is a first generation American, with roots in Ukraine and Central Europe, and grew up in Philadelphia. Judaism was a significant part of Dorothy's life from the beginning, and both her and her brother spent many of their afternoons at Hebrew school and most weekends at Shabbat services as adolescents. Eisenberg moved to Las Vegas with her children and second husband in 1964. She became an influential member of the community and served as the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas's first female president. She was also actively involved in the League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, including leading the organization's advocacy for school desegregation and serving as its president for two years.

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Photographs of Fran Fine-Ventura at the Smith Center, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2015

Date

2014 to 2016

Description

Fran Fine-Ventura posing outside of the Smith Center and in front of Tim Bavington's sculpture "Pipe Dream" in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photographs of Dorothy Eisenberg, February 24, 1975

Date

1975-02-24

Archival Collection

Description

Dorothy Eisenberg, center, and other unidentified individuals. 120mm negatives.

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