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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1941
Louis Wiener, Jr., sitting for his official Nevada State Bar photo, was the only person who took (and passed) the State Bar examination in Clark County in 1941.
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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1984
Louis Wiener, Jr. shares a Las Vegas story during a Congressman Harry Reid re-election event in 1984. The pin on his shirt reads: "Congressman Harry Reid, Independent like Nevada."
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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1980s - 1990s
A portrait of Louis Wiener, Jr. Louis Wiener, Jr., Valerie Wiener?s father, arrived in Las Vegas, NV, in 1931. He, like his daughter, graduated from Las Vegas High School. After graduating from the University of California/Berkeley Boalt School of Law, Louis practiced law in Las Vegas for 55 years until the day he died in 1996.
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Louis Wiener, Jr. oral history interview
Oral history interview with Louis Wiener Jr. conducted by Eleanor Johnson on January 24, 1990, February 09, 1990, and February 23, 1990. Wiener discusses being raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. He also discusses his parents, both businesspeople, and his experience as an attorney.
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Louis Wiener, approximately 1970-1989
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 40
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Photograph of Louis Wiener, location unknown, circa 1970s-1980s
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Louis Wiener, Jr. memorial book, 1996
Collection Name: Valerie Wiener Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 05
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Louis Wiener, Jr. correspondence, personal papers, biographical information, and celebration of life; information and photographic prints of Louis Wiener, Jr. elementary school and the Omelet House (owned by Louis Wiener, Jr.), approximately 1920 to 2014
Collection Name: Valerie Wiener Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Biographical history of Louis Wiener, Jr. by Valerie Wiener, 1995
Collection Name: Valerie Wiener Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Audio clip from interview with Louis Wiener, Jr., February 1, 1990
Part of an interview with Louis Wiener, Jr. on February 1, 1990. In this clip, Wiener talks about how he became the attorney for Bugsy Siegel in the 1940s, and Siegel's desire to protect Wiener from criticism.
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