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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Howard Wasden oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Howard Wasden conducted by Gillian Collins on an unknown date in the 1970s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Wasden discusses arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1925 and working for the railroad. Wasden explains how the railroad was a predominant economic asset for Las Vegas at the time. He then describes living on the Westside "Old Town", education in Las Vegas, attending the University of Nevada, Reno, and eventually becoming a teacher. Lastly, Wasden discusses the population growth, development of the Las Vegas Strip, and his role as principal of West Charleston School.
Archival Collection
Boulder City seen from Government Park, including St. Andrew's Catholic Church, City Hall, the Boulder Theater building that contained the Hoover Dam Service Bureau, and the Hoover Dam Hotel, approximately 1933-1939
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
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Photograph of the ruins of Fort Callville, circa 1938
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Archival Collection
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Walls of Fort Callville surrounded by the rising waters of Lake Mead.
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Photograph of a house, Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a schoolhouse, Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards at Fort Callville, Nevada, circa 1938
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Archival Collection
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Elbert Edwards standing on one of the walls of Fort Callville nearly surrounded by the rising waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Elbert Edwards at the ruins of Fort Callville as the waters of Lake Mead rise to cover them. (ca. 1938-39)"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, August 17, 1954
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Archival Collection
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Apartment development, 1938 Catalpa Ave., 1961
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Box 78
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