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Transcript of interview with Howard Dreitzer by David Schwartz, June 04, 2015
Date
2015-06-04
Archival Collection
Description
Interviewed by David Schwartz. Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami. He came to Las Vegas in 1974 and went to dealer school on the GI Bill. Howard starting in gaming dealing craps at the Nevada Club and worked at several casinos downtown. Then he became a box and floor man at the Flamingo Hilton. Howard moved to Atlantic City and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino & Hotel until it went bankrupt. Howard was hired by the Hilton and worked at the Jupiter Casino and other properties in Australia, then was hired by Seminole Gaming in Florida to set up table games at various properties. Subjects: Nevada Club, California Club, Mint, Flamingo, Frontier, Sands AC, Golden Nugget AC, Golden Nugget LV, Trump Plaza, Showboat AC, Harrah's New Orleans, Conrad Jupiters, Seminole Gaming
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Howard Cannon on Edgewood Sunrise, Cannon's palomino horse, on Fremont Street looking northwest with the Fremont Hotel and Casino in the background: photographic print, 1971 July
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00192
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Newspaper clipping, bound volume, Howard Hughes and associates, Harold Lloyd, Billie Dove, and Ann Dvorak; Book VII, 1931 July to 1932 November
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 100 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 100 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes talking to an unidentified man during a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.
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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing in between two unidentified individuals at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.
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Howard Heckethorn interview, February 15, 1979: transcript
Date
1979-02-15
Archival Collection
Description
On February 15, 1979, collector Richard Eitland interviewed Howard Heckethorn (born September 14th, 1922 in St. George, Utah) at Red Rock Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn discusses 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.
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Photograph of a banquet for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified man handing Howard Hughes a certificate during a banquet dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.
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Howard Cannon and Vice-President Walter Mondale: photographic print
Date
1977 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Broadway during the ticker-tape reception accorded Howard Hughes and his four crew members in recognition of their around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
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File
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 12
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Grover Whalen and Howard Hughes during a parade that celebrated Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, 1938 July 15
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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 12
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component