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Howard Cannon with Walter Mondale: photographic print

Date

1977 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon in an aircraft cockpit: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Photograph of a man working at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard formation. Howard Hughes' father invented the rock bit in 1908 and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his fabulous industrial empire in motion pictures, air transportation, aeronautical research and design, aircraft manufacture, electronics, armament and brewing."

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Film transparency of Chris Hall and a group of unidentified women posing in front of a fireplace, 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Chris Hall (second from left) and a group of unidentified women posing in front of a fireplace.

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Film transparency of Chris Hall and a group of unidentified women posing in front of a fireplace, 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Chris Hall (second from left) and a group of unidentified women posing in front of a fireplace.

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Photograph of a costume party at the Goldfield dance hall, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of a costume party at the Goldfield dance hall, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Howard Wasden oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01920

Abstract

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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