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Public service announcement by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company about avoiding water waste, KRAM Radio, 1950
Transcript of a radio public service announcement reminding people to turn off their sprinklers at midnight and leave them off until 5 am or risk a citation from the police.
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Photograph of people eating dinner, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 20
Letters to Barry D. Eisen, President of the Jewish Family Service Agency, and William Feldman, Executive Director of the Jewish Family Service Agency, about funding, June 1988.
Transcript of interview with Leander Fields Hayes by Mark Kevin Ryhlick, March 13, 1981
On March 13, 1981, collector Mark Kevin Ryhlick interviewed local technician, Leeander Fields Hayes (born on May 23rd, 1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah) in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the history of entertainment in Las Vegas from the mid-forties to 1958. Brother Hayes, as he requests the collector to call him, specifically covers the local live music and comedy scenes. He also touches on the topic of segregation and how Black entertainers, such as Lena Horne, were treated when they came to perform in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of boats on Lake Mead, circa 1930s
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Robert B. Griffith Photograph Collection
The Robert B. Griffith Photograph Collection (approximately 1950-1970) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides of Las Vegas, Nevada including Fremont Street, Helldorado parades, and hotel and casino properties along the Strip including the Sahara Hotel and Casino, the Flamingo Las Vegas, the El Rancho, the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino, and the Hotel Last Frontier. Also included are photographs of Lake Mead Recreation Area and tunnel drilling within and near the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. Other Nevada locations outside of Las Vegas include Reno, Virginia City, and Crystal Bay, Nevada.
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