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Silver, Abbi
Judge Abbi Silver was raised in Boulder City, Nevada. She graduated from Clark High School in Las Vegas, Nevada and then University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1986).
She worked multiple jobs—waitress, Utah Jazz cheerleader, dancer—while earning her undergraduate degree and then her law degree from Southwestern University of Law, in Los Angeles (1989).
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Andre, Dorothy Engel, 1898-1983
Dorothy Engel Andre was born June 25, 1898 in New York City, New York to Samuel and Merel Engel. She studied at an all-girls school in Virginia before moving to Astoria, Oregon with her sister. In 1920, she met Joseph (Joe) Otto Andre at a hospital and soon after the couple got married and had one daughter named Ruth.
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Sloan, Art (Arthur), 1930-2019
Arthur “Art” Sloan (1930-2019) was a philanthropist and a successful entrepreneur who ran multiple businesses that specialized in lighting and air conditioning. During his time in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sloan collected materials from casinos such as the Flamingo, El Rancho, and Hotel Last Frontier. These materials included ash trays, silverware, postcards, photographs, dice, playing cards, and casino memorabilia.
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African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project
"A true community project combining the efforts of community advisors, regional cultural heritage repositories, and city and county agencies, this project collected oral histories as well as photographs, documents, and manuscripts. Community members includes Hannah Brown, Sonya Horsford, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Courtney Mooney, Todd Robinson, Carrie Sampson, and Brenda Williams.
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Mlynarczyk, Flo
Flo Mlynarczyk was born in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Her parents divorced and she moved with her mother first to Loveland, Colorado and eventually to Los Angeles, California. Upon graduation from high school in 1943, Mlynarczyk moved to Kodiak, Alaska, to live with friends.
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