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Russell Howard oral history interview
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Abstract
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.
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New York, New York, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Connie Atkinson Collection of Sheet Music and Music Scores
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 23
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Howard Cannon pictured with an unidentified man: photographic print
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Howard Cannon posing in his office: photographic print
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Letter from Bertha Witmer (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and the City Council (Las Vegas), July 24, 1939
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Letter from a citizen to the Las Vegas City Commission protesting Ordinance No. 247. Left to Right: Asst. Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., Master of Ceremonies; U.S. Senator Alan Bible; Regional Director A.B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. Handwritten text, transcribed by cataloger. Also, J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.
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Re-enactment of the land auction of 1905; includes Lt. Governor Myron Leavitt, U.S. Senator Howard Cannon, Governor Robert List, John Cahlan, Las Vegas Mayor William Briare, City Commissioner Ron Lurie, City Commissioner Al Levy, City Commissioner Paul Christensen, Jubilee King Merle Frehner, and Jubilee Queen Evelyn McDonald, 1980 May 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Wendell Tobler receiving gavel as new president of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, North Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973 July
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Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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