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Speech before the American Transportation Assocation Annual Luncheon, New York City, 1980 February 28

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 17 (Speeches)

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Senate Committee - Banking Committee - New York City Financial Crisis, 1978 May to 1978 August

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (95th Session)

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Playboy Casino (Atlantic City, New Jersey) training manuals, approximately 1980 to 1999

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File

Archival Collection

Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals
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Collection Number: MS-01184
Collection Name: Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals
Box/Folder: Box 07, Box 08, Box 09, Box 10

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Photograph of Main Street in Silver Peak (Nev.), 1938

Date

1938

Description

Main Street, Silver Peak, Nevada, 1938. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "In 1938, Silver Peak was Esmeralda County's largest and most prosperous town, boasting a population of over 1,000. The economy was supported chiefly by the nearby mines of the Nivloc and Mary Mine areas. The town's prosperity ended when the mines closed with the beginning of WWII." The section of town in the upper left corner of the photo, which included the post office, several stores and a theater was destroyed by fire in 1948. There is a date stamp: Christmas, 1986.

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Le Palais restaurant in the Resorts International Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367). "Le Palais" is French for "The Palace"

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Hi-Ho Hotel and Casino: Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1977 December 12

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Series

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A

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Howard Heckethorn interview, February 15, 1979: transcript

Date

1979-02-15

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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Aerial photograph of an unknown landscape, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

An aerial photograph possibly showing Fairbanks, Alaska. There is an arrow indicating a place which may be a landing sight for Howard Hughes' Lockheed L-14 Super Electra plane.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 landing in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes landing at Fairbanks 8:18 p.m. after flight from Moscow in 12 hrs., 17 mins. - distance 2457 mi. Distance flown from New York: 11, 188 mi. Elapsed time from New York, 72 hrs., 58 min. Flight time, 54 hrs., 39 min."

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Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner in Seattle, Washington, 1938 July 07

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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 17

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