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Photograph at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, February 9, 2013
Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold and Ruth D'Hondt at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, Las Vegas, February 9, 2013.
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Brochure from Berkley Square Historic District: 1st of Its Kind
Community brochure produced by City of Las Vegas to commemorate the National Historic District designation.
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Brochure from the Unveiling of Community Banners and Plaques program, 2013
Program listing speakers for the community event held to unveil banners and plaques in the Berkley Square Historic District, February 9, 2013.
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Invitation to Berkley Square Historic District unveiling of Community Banners, February 9, 2013
Invitation from Councilman Ricki Y. Barlow to the ceremonies to unveil Berkley Square Historic District banners and plaque, February 9, 2013.
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Black and white group photograph of (L-R) Judge Robert Reid, Mabel Hoggard, Aaron Williams, Bill Evans (Education), Herschel L. Williams (2nd row), Claude Perkins (2nd row), Theron Goynes, Claude Parson, Helen Anderson Toland, James Pughsley, John Shippe, and Judge Robert "Moon" Mullen
Group portrait: (L-R) Judge Robert Reid, Mabel Hoggard, Aaron Williams, Bill Evans, Herschel L. Williams (2nd row), Claude Perkins (2nd row), Theron Goynes, Claude Parsons, Helen Anderson Toland, James Pughsley, John Shippe, and Judge Robert Moon Mullen.
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Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Toston and Dr. Paul Meacham (President of the College of Southern Nevada)
Roosevelt Toston holds a plaque with with Dr. Paul Meacham. The back of the photograph is stamped with "Las Vegas News Bureau 54195 Convention Center Las Vegas, NV 89109." Handwritten on back in pen: "Roosevelt + Dr. Meacham Pres. CSN".
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Video interview with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores "Dodi" Johnson, January 20, 2007
Oral history conversation with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores (Dodi) Johnson. The group shares memories of how they and their families came to live in Las Vegas during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Photograph of the Doolittle Swift Steppers, 1967
Black and white photograph of Doolittle Swift Steppers Drill Team including Maxine Brewer, Carolyn Brewer, Sylvia Chaney, Thelma Prather and chairwoman Ms. Haynes.
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Photograph of workers inside the Basic Magnesium plant, Henderson, Nevada, December 3, 1942
Interior view of the Basic Magnesium plant in Henderson, Nevada, showing four men working at machines.
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Photograph of an African American worker at the Basic Magnesium Plant in Henderson, Nevada, January 20, 1944
View of an African American man pouring liquid magnesium into a container at the Basic Magnesium plant in Henderson, Nevada.
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