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Members of the Nicaraguan Association of Las Vegas standing with a Catholic priest: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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The Nicaraguan Association of Las Vegas includes members who fled their country because they could not tolerate the repressive Marxist regime that took over after the Sandinistas toppled the U.S. backed dictator, Antonio Samoza in 1978. The priest at the center of the photograph said he wanted to return to Nicaragua but cannot because he had been critical of the Sandinista government who does not tolerate any form of criticism.
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Fernando Perez, Sales Manager for Las Vegas Convention Center, stands inside an empty hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Tourism and Conventions are the lifeblood of Las Vegas. Accordingly, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority spends millions of dollars on national advertising to attract tourists and conventioneers. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority also operates the Las Vegas Convention Center, the largest single-level convention facility in the United States with more than 1 million square feet of exhibit space. Shown above in one of the huge convention halls is Fernando Perez, the Sales Manager for the Convention Center. Born in Cuba, Perez has worked in the Hotel-Tourism field for over 23 years in places like Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and Nevada.
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Marcelina Sandusky standing in backyard located within the original Sunrise Acres community with the water tower visible in the background: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Around the turn of the century, Ramon Sanchez emigrated from Spain to the United States where he became a rancher in Tremonita, New Mexico. Many years later, his son, Cesario, migrated to Liberal, Kansas, to work on the railroad. It was there that his daughter, Marcelina, pictured above, was born and raised and where she eventually met and married her musician husband, Gene Sandusky. In 1941, the Sanduskys moved to Las Vegas where they settled in a new housing tract called Sunrise Acres. Some 45 years later, Mrs. Sandusky stands in her back yard with the original Sunrise Acres community well and water tower looming prominently in the background. Presently, Mrs. Sandusky is working hard to gather the history of that still cohesive neighborhood, one of the earliest in Las Vegas.
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Nevada Test Site protest sign: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on sign: "Destroy weapons leave people standin'".
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Nevada Test Site protest sign: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on sign: "Remember Karen Silkwood Radition -> Cancer".
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Photo of newspaper and magazine: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on newspaper: "Reagan OKs Neutron Bomb".
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Collage made of newspaper and magazine: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on pamphlet: "Hope in the human potential".
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Collage made of newspaper and magazine: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Written on newspaper: "Reagan OKs Neutron Bomb".
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Life magazine cover tilted “Bread or Bombs”: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)
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Article claiming no damage from radiation on US 95 near Nevada Test Site: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352)
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