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Newspaper clippings, press releases, and promotional pamphlets on Howard Hughes' management of RKO Radio Pictures, 1952 June 04 to 1954 September 23

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Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 376 (Restrictions apply)

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Howard Hughes publicity regarding film premieres, a birthday gift to Jean Peters, and corporate activities, 1947 March 14 to 1947 March 30

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Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 123 (Restrictions apply)

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Howard Hughes, Paul Jarrico, and the SWG regarding RKO Radio Pictures layoffs, newspaper clippings, 1952 April 05 to 1952 April 21

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Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 374 (Restrictions apply)

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Photograph of a blimp advertising Hughes' "The Outlaw," circa 1946

Date

1945 to 1947

Description

A side view of a blimp advertising the Howard Hughes produced film "The Outlaw."

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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

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Description

Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

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Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Howard Hughes watches the Joe Louis vs. Tami Mauriello boxing match from a ringside seat, New York, 1946 September 18

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Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 23

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Photograph of town hall and movie theater, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Patron provided the following comment: This was located in the 200 block of West Montgomery behind where the ambulance garage is now. Building originally was the Miner's Union Hall in Rhyolite. It was moved to Beatty in 1914.
Caption: The hall affording dances and movies.

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Howard Hughes after War Investigating Subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November, 1947 August 11

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

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Howard Hughes after War Investigating Subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November, 1947 August 11

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

Archival Component