Book proof with annotations from editors in the margins.
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The Oakes Las Vegas Studio Photographs (approximately 1930-1939) consist of a sample book of photographic postcards by Oakes Vegas Studio. The images depict the construction of Hoover Dam and creation of Lake Mead; early Las Vegas, Nevada building and street scenes; landscape photographs of national parks including Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Death Valley; scenes of the Nevada desert and mountains surrounding Las Vegas; and the Lost City in Moapa Valley, Nevada. This album was kept at the Overland Hotel on Fremont Street as a display of postcards available for purchase.
Archival Collection
In this interview, Morris reflects upon his career and the wide range of influential artists he has worked with, as a drummer, musical director and talent manager. Stories include playing with Louis Prima, live and on albums; serving as Elvis? musical director; filling in for Frank Sinatra?s drummer; entertaining Howard Hughes; and playing at President John F. Kennedy?s inauguration, to name a few. He also talks about his agency, attributing its success to the strong relationships he built with casino management.
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Rachel Gibson was the granddaughter of Nevada pioneers. Her maternal grandparents, George Rammelkamp and Anna Dougherty, were among the earliest white residents of northern Nevada, settling first in Dayton and later Yerington. Her mother, Clara Angelina, and her two aunts, Elizabeth and Georgie, graduated from the University of Nevada at the turn of the century. Clara taught in Yerington for a number of years before marrying Chase Masterson, a dentist. Rachel was born in 1913 in Yerington. The eldest of three children, she continued the tradition of women’s learning and education that began with her mother’s generation. Her 1930 class was the first to graduate from Las Vegas High School, and soon after Rachel moved to California to attend college. Although her father had counseled her to study law, Rachel chose the field of economics. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and worked in San Francisco for one year before returning to complete
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