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Photographic slide of Southwest Museum expedition camp at Tule Springs, Nevada, May 1955
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Viola Johnson oral history interview
Oral history interview with Viola Johnson conducted by Claytee D. White on March 03, 1996 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Johnson discusses leaving Fordyce, Arkansas in 1942 to join her parents in Las Vegas, Nevada where her first home was a tent. Johnson goes on to discuss life with her parents in Las Vegas including their work and church activities. Johnson also describes her work at the Flamingo Hilton and Sands Hotel and Casino as a maid, and at the Riviera Hotel and Casino making sandwiches. Finally, Johnson talks about labor conditions and the Culinary Union during the early years of the Las Vegas Strip casino development.
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Photograph of Hampton and Willard George (Nev.), 1900-1904
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Photograph of Jumbo Mine site, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of Rockwell family, Panguitch Lake, Utah, circa late 1920s
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