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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
Archival Collection
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
Level of Description
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 23
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 23
Archival Component
Photograph of town hall and movie theater, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
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.
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
Level of Description
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
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component
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
Level of Description
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
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component
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
Level of Description
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
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component
Remarks at an AFA Washington meeting Federal City Club, Sheraton Park, 1969 July 23
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (Speeches)
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (Speeches)
Archival Component
"Hi rise condo development planned at Howard Hughes center, KTNV Ch13 6:00pm" video, 06 March 1998
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Mark L. Fine Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00696
Collection Name: Mark L. Fine Papers
Box/Folder: Box 6
Collection Name: Mark L. Fine Papers
Box/Folder: Box 6
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