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New York-New York - Exterior, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph, 2006

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Archival Collection

Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00419
Collection Name: Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Oversized Box 01

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New York-New York - Interior, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph, 2006

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00419
Collection Name: Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Oversized Box 01

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Transcript of interview with Howard Dreitzer by David Schwartz, June 04, 2015

Date

2015-06-04

Description

Interviewed by David Schwartz. Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami. He came to Las Vegas in 1974 and went to dealer school on the GI Bill. Howard starting in gaming dealing craps at the Nevada Club and worked at several casinos downtown. Then he became a box and floor man at the Flamingo Hilton. Howard moved to Atlantic City and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino & Hotel until it went bankrupt. Howard was hired by the Hilton and worked at the Jupiter Casino and other properties in Australia, then was hired by Seminole Gaming in Florida to set up table games at various properties. Subjects: Nevada Club, California Club, Mint, Flamingo, Frontier, Sands AC, Golden Nugget AC, Golden Nugget LV, Trump Plaza, Showboat AC, Harrah's New Orleans, Conrad Jupiters, Seminole Gaming

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 06, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes investigation."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1943

Date

1943

Description

An up-close view of Howard Hughes.

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Portrait photograph of young Howard Hughes

Date

1924 to 1946

Description

Portrait photograph of a young Howard Hughes.

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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00827

Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Neil Dalmas on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Portrait of Howard Hughes taken in the Ambassador Hotel in the 1920s.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew before leaving for Paris.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with reporters, Washington, August 06, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Description given with photo: "102,246 - Watch Your Credit - International News Photo. Slug - (Howard Hughes) Hughes Ready For Senate Investigators, Washington, D.C. Howard Hughes, right, is interviewed by reporters at Washington National Airport after his arrival in a converted B-23 bomber from Culver City, X California. Hughes, there to face Senate Investigators, said he would be "most happy" to repeat under oath charges he has made against chairman Owen Brewster, (R) of Me., of the Senate War Investigating Committee now probing his wartime plane contracts. -Photo by G.B. Kress- 8/6/47."

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