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Connie Hill Sheldon oral history interview
Oral history interview with Connie Hill Sheldon conducted by Claytee D. White on February 11, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Sheldon talks about military life in New York City, New York, her driving a school bus in Havelock, North Carolina, being a preschool teacher in Mission Viejo, California, and her jobs at the Huntridge Theater, the Nevada Test Site, and at Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc.
Archival Collection
James Reece Photographs of El Rancho Vegas
The James Reece Photographs of El Rancho Vegas depict the Las Vegas Strip's first hotel, El Rancho Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from approximately 1950 to 1962. The photographs depict a craps table and its operators, owner Beldon Katleman with Eleanor Roosevelt, the hotel's exterior, and military servicemen photographed with one of El Rancho's entertainers, Yvette Dare.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Nellis Air Force Base tactical fighter aircraft in flight, circa early 1970s
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Photograph of Don Schuyler, Sr. walking downtown in his Navy uniform, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1943-1944
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Photograph of the U.S.S. Nevada Band, 1924
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Photograph of a Boeing B-17 bomber aircraft in flight, Las Vegas Flexible Gunnery School, circa early 1940s
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Photograph of an F-86F in flight, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
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Costume design drawing, male dancer in white pants and red jacket, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Costume Details: Male dancer wearing white trousers, a white shirt, white cravat, and red suit jacket.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Howard Cannon with General Bernard A. Schriever in Washington, D.C.: photographic print
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Howard Cannon with General Bernard A. Schriever in Washington, D.C.: photographic print
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