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Architectural drawing of residential home in Boulder City, Nevada, preliminary elevation, September 19, 1962
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Archival Collection
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Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of a ranch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada.
Architecture Period: Mid-Century ModernistImage
Press release announcing Howard Hughes' purchase of the Sands Hotel
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#70932: Jack Aylor Director of Development Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, 2016 July 01
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
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