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Photograph of a banquet for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper clipping, City lifts ban on daytime watering for 15-Day period, Las Vegas Sun, July 25, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper article informing the public that the Las Vegas City Commission lifted the restriction on daytime lawn watering for 15 days, with the commission calling on volunteerism for the time period.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Howard Wasden oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Wasden conducted by Gillian Collins on an unknown date in the 1970s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Wasden discusses arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1925 and working for the railroad. Wasden explains how the railroad was a predominant economic asset for Las Vegas at the time. He then describes living on the Westside "Old Town", education in Las Vegas, attending the University of Nevada, Reno, and eventually becoming a teacher. Lastly, Wasden discusses the population growth, development of the Las Vegas Strip, and his role as principal of West Charleston School.
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Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick, January 19, 1937
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Archival Collection
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Howard Cannon with Southern Nevada Homebuilders in Washington, D.C.: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (H.E.R.E.) Convention, Culinary Union, 1991 July 8 (folder 1 of 1), image 15
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Baseball night, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 July 16, (folder 1 of 1), image 15
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