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Russell Howard oral history interview
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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
Howard Cannon tallying returns to a questionnaire: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Howard Cannon with three unidentified men: photographic print
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, July 4, 1938
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Catalogue of plays produced in New York, New York available for motion picture use by Sidney R. Fleisher, 1940
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 266 (Restrictions apply)
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127 New York, 1990s
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 25
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York Street 1929, 2005
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-010
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with a group of men in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
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Caddo Company regarding the New York, New York office, 1930 November 10 to 1931 March 31
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 485 (Restrictions apply)
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B-roll footage for Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada advertisements: video
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Archival Collection
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B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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