Working as a shill at the Mapes Hotel

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Elaine Rigsby describes finding work as a shill at the Mapes Hotel-Casino in 1957 while in Reno for her divorce, and what the job entailed.

Read the full transcript of her interview with Mella Harmon.

Date 2014
Creator Mella Rothwell Harmon (interviewer)
Credit Special Collections, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries