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Boulder Theatre, Boulder City, 1932 September 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
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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.
Archival Collection
A sidewalk leads to the North Las Vegas City Hall, looking north in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Archival Collection
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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Crew of Anderson Brothers Mess Hall in Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, 1932
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
North Las Vegas City Hall construction: digital photographs, 2010 October 04
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 13
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Photograph of town hall, Alamo (Nev.), 1910s - 1930s
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Archival Collection
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#04881: High Tech Meeting at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 1982 December 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1980s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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