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Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy
Identifier
OH-00499
Abstract
Oral history interview with Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on November 11, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Katherine Duncan and Sarann Preddy speak about creating a black cultural/historical tour of Las Vegas, Nevada. Preddy also discusses buying the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino to preserve its history. Both women then talk about racism, segregation, and the involvement of African Americans in the history of Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Photograph of movie scene from "One Million B.C.", Valley of Fire (Nev.), 1936-1937
Date
1936 to 1937
Archival Collection
Description
Actors and actresses dress as cavemen and women stand on rocks while filming the movie One Million B.C.
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Photograph of a woman wearing a fox fur, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a woman wearing a fox fur, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Image
Photograph of Mayme Stocker and Nadine Ford with Harold Stocker's new car, Las Vegas, October 30, 1953
Date
1953-10-30
Archival Collection
Description
Harold Stocker's new car with his mother, Mayme Stocker.
Image
Slide of President Carol C. Harter with UNLV Rebels Mascot, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa mid-late 1990s
Date
1995 to 1999
Archival Collection
Description
UNLV President Carol C. Harter with UNLV Rebels mascot.
Image
Slide of a woman and children in a Boulder City, circa early 1930s
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.
Image
Photograph of Copa Girls performing onstage at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1950s to 1960s
Date
1950 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Copa Girls performing onstage at the Sands Hotel, sometime in the 1950s or 1960s.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Image
Photograph of Marion Hick's adopted niece at Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, August 17, 1947
Date
1947-08-17
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Marion Hick's sister's adopted daughter at Flamingo Hotel.
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