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Handwritten list of names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s

Date
1946-09-26
Description

This list was written by Charles Salton, brother of Adele Baratz. Salton lists the names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s. The list is dated September 26, 1946.

Text

Essay, by Charles Salton (1921-2004), 2002

Date
2002
Description

Handwritten essay by Adele Baratz?s brother, Charles Salton, in 2002 describing his family history since coming to Las Vegas in 1928, and the history of the Jewish community in the area.

Text

Baratz, Adele

Adele Baratz (née Salton) was born in New Jersey on August 11, 1926 and her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was two years old. Her father sold bootlegger supplies and later owned and operated Al’s Bar, a popular place to drink among Union Pacific Railroad workers. For two summers, Baratz worked as a messenger and in the rationing department of the Gunnery School at the Las Vegas Army Airfield.

Person

List of Jewish people in Las Vegas, written by Charles Salton and Sallie Gordon, 1946

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Adele Baratz Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00701
Collection Name: Adele Baratz Papers
Box/Folder: Box SH-037

Archival Component

Charles Salton essay on the history of the Salton family and the Jewish community in Las Vegas, 2002

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Adele Baratz Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00701
Collection Name: Adele Baratz Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of Adele Flora Salton from the Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, 1947

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Adele Baratz Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00701
Collection Name: Adele Baratz Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component