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Boulder Theatre, Boulder City, 1932 September 15

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00364
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Howard Heckethorn oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00828

Abstract

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

Date

2019-02-06

Description

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.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947

Date

1947-08-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Is Asked About His XF-11 By Senator! Culver City, Calif. - Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes, left, is asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane, background, by Senator Harry Cain, right, Republican of Washington. Cain is member of the Senate War Investigating Committee, and inspected Hughes craft after the plane builder had test flown the ship. An earlier model of same design nearly cost Hughes his life when it crashed in Beverly Hill last winter. Note wind-blown hair on both Pilot Hughes and observer Cain. Photo by Felix Pagel. 8/16/47."

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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015

Date

2015-09-02

Description

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

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00171
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

File

Archival Collection

Bill Hughes Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00402
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

Date

1992

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

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Photograph of town hall, Alamo (Nev.), 1910s - 1930s

Date

1910 to 1939

Description

First town hall and Sunday meeting house in Alamo, Nevada. The town hall and meeting house was originally in Delamar, Nevada before 1910. The town hall in the photograph was replaced in 1939.

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#04881: High Tech Meeting at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 1982 December 15

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File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1980s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-02
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1980s)
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component