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Audio clip from interview with Steven and Wendy Hart, October 23, 2014
Steven and Wendy Hart discuss an instance in which Sylvia Hart and Pearl Bailey defied segregation in the Flamingo hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
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Herb Tobman oral history interview
Oral history interview with Herb Tobman conducted by Stephen Tidwell on April 23, 1986 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection.
In this interview, Herb Tobman discusses his upbringing in the Bronx, New York, his Russian-Jewish ancestry, and his service in the United States Navy. He talks about his move to Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife in 1952 and his employment history, starting with his ownership of a used furniture store and the Western Cab Company; his executive casino work as general manager of the Moulin Rouge Hotel and the Aladdin Hotel and Casino; and as president of the Stardust Resort and Casino and Fremont Hotel and Casino. Tobman shares his involvement in the community, how the city of Las Vegas has grown and changed, and the happiness he and his family have experienced living in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Armstrong, Stan
Stan Armstrong is an African American and Choctaw filmmaker and founder of Desert Rose Productions. Armstrong was born in 1954 in San Francisco, California and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his parents in 1955. Armstrong attended Rancho High School and the race riots of the 1970s which he created a documentary titled, The Rancho High School Race Riots. Armstrong graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1995 with a degree in Communications and Film History.
Person
Donn Arden scrapbook 08
Series 7: Scrapbooks. Press clippings and publicity including advertisements, show reviews, magazine articles and programs from Arden's shows at the Moulin Rouge, Latin Quarter (New York and Miami), and the Las Vegas Lido (C'est Magnifique, Avec Plaisir, Ca C'est L'Amour). Stars featured include Sophie Tucker, Milton Berl, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jane Russell and Betty Grable. Includes autographed note to Arden from Sophie Tucker and telegrams from Madame Berthe, Carol Channing and others.
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