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March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 4

Date

1992

Description

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

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March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 5

Date

1992

Description

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

Image

March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 6

Date

1992

Description

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

Image

March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 8

Date

1992

Description

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

Image

March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 9

Date

1992

Description

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

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Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, New York: costume design drawings, notes, 2003 July-August

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File

Archival Collection

Jerry Jackson Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00573
Collection Name: Jerry Jackson Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

Archival Component

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.

Text

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

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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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Checking damages of plane on arrival at Le Bourget. Le Bourget-- The thoroughness with which he planned the flight and carried it through was still with Howard Hughes when the millionaire flyer and his four companions arrived at Le Bourget, after a record smashing flight across the Atlantic. Hughes is shown here, examining the tail of his plane, just after landing, The tail was damaged slightly. After repairs were made, the fliers took off for Moscow."

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