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#68700: Interior of Harter Classroom Building Complex CBC, Frank and Estella Beam Hall BEH, Flora Dungan Humanities FDH for map project on July 24, 2012, 2012 July 24

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Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Russell Howard oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00898

Abstract

Oral history interview with Russel Howard conducted by James W. Howard on January 10, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Howard recalls being transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada for work in 1947 and how impressed he was by the number of celebrities from the movie and entertainment industry that frequented Las Vegas in the early 1950s. He also discusses the expansion of the Las Vegas Strip and how rapidly the number of hotels grew.

Archival Collection

Photograph of costumed children for the 4th of July, circa 1930s-1950s

Date

1930 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of children in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. Standing in a pointed formation, a child dressed up as the Statue of Liberty poses next to the American flag while other children stand holding miniature American flags in their hands.

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