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Foster, Josephine "Jo" Gail Johnson
She once lived in Millers, Nevada during the early 1900's.
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Photograph of Jack Binion displaying money on the Merv Griffin Show, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1971
L-R: Security guard, Merv Griffin, Jack Binion, Zsa Zsa Gabor with million dollar display on the "Merv Griffin Show". (c. 1971). Stamp on back of photo: "Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center 22333".
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Photograph of the first flight inaugurating contract air mail from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 17, 1926
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Manor, Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson, 1892-1969
She lived in Millers, Nevada during the early 1900's.
Person
The Las Vegas Strip skyline behind Allegiant Stadium along Dean Martin Drive, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2019 January 28
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Walter Mason oral history interview
Oral history interview with Walter Mason conducted by Claytee D. White on February 17, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Mason discusses his early life and describes living through the Harlem Renaissance in New York during the 1930s. Mason talks about arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada while producing shows with Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1960s. He highlights his career in theatrical acting, stage production, and as an entertainment director at venues at the Sands, Caesars Palace, and Las Vegas Hilton. Mason then recalls the West Las Vegas community and it's increase of arts programs for children. Lastly, Mason discusses the future for African American youth in the Westside and the growth of the community.
Archival Collection
Gue Gim Wah oral history interviews
Oral history interviews with Gue Gim Wah conducted by Elizabeth N. Patrick on September 23, 1981 and September 24, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Wah discusses her life as a Chinese immigrant, her husband's life, and running the dining operations at the Prince Mine near Pioche, Nevada. Wah describes arriving in the United States as a child and the difficult immigration process she faced. She discusses her marriage to her husband, Tom Wah, and his life working for the railroads and as a miner before running a boarding house and restaurant for those working in the Prince Mine. Wah later talks about her experiences running the boarding house after the death of her husband in the early 1930s. Throughout the interview, Wah describes different aspects of Chinese culture and what life was like living in a Nevada mining town during the early twentieth century.
Archival Collection
Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval's maternal grandmother Catherine Anderson: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.D. Zaval Family (Smoky Valley and Round Mountain). She was a resident of Belmont, Nevada.
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