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Chart showing water consumption by month in Las Vegas in 1938, circa 1939
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1938 Las Vegas water consumption by month showing a daily average per month.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten numbers on the sheet
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Howard Cannon tallying returns to a questionnaire: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Howard Cannon with three unidentified men: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft leaving France, July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Russell Howard oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Russel Howard conducted by James W. Howard on January 10, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Howard recalls being transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada for work in 1947 and how impressed he was by the number of celebrities from the movie and entertainment industry that frequented Las Vegas in the early 1950s. He also discusses the expansion of the Las Vegas Strip and how rapidly the number of hotels grew.
Archival Collection
Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Chicago, July 29, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in France, July 11, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938
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Archival Collection
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California Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw riding in a car in a parade on 5th Street in Los Angeles, California, 1938 August 01
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component