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Remarks dedicating McCarran Field as port of entry facility, Las Vegas, 15 July 1971, and speech dedicating Reno International Airport as port of entry facility, 1971 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (Speeches)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving from his flight around the world, New York, July 13, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees welcoming Howard Hughes, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of Talton Hall, circa 1892
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Archival Collection
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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes 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. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
Archival Collection
Newspaper showing dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the Beatty Fire Hall, Beatty, 1960 July 04
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Archival Component
Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and Eldorado Club night scene, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949 July
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029
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Galt House, lunch menu, Sunday, July 15, 1883
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Archival Collection
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McDonald, John. Howard Hughes's biggest surprises, Fortune 74(1), 1966 July 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
March to Los Angeles: L.A. City Hall, Culinary Union, 1992 (folder 1 of 1), image 15
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