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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
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Photograph of Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, March 15, 1981
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Howard Cannon in the cockpit of the X-15 with Major Robert M. White on the right: photographic print
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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