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Reed, Luther
American film director Luther Reed was born on July 14, 1888 in Berlin, Wisconsin. He started his career in film as a subtite writer in the 1910s, and he eventually began directing films. Reed was the first director on Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels, although he quit shortly after production began, citing Hughes' interference as his reasoning. He died on November 16, 1971 in New York, New York.
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Transcript of interview with Helen Early by Dale Forshee, February 26 & 27, 1979
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Archival Collection
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On February 26 and 27, 1979, Dale Forshee interviewed Helen Early (born 1919 in Des Moines, Iowa) about her life in Southern Nevada. Early first talks about her arrival to Las Vegas and the early development of the city. She also talks about some of the first businesses in Las Vegas, the initial development of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the early nightclubs and casinos in the city. Early also discusses her work in establishing a school for disabled children before discussing other topics related to McCarran Airport, Bugsy Siegel, Senator Walter Baring, the first churches in Las Vegas, and the Helldorado Parade.
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Photograph of Welcome home, Howard! billboard, Las Vegas, 1972
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Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal Photograph Collection depicts several events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1935 to 1983 that were documented by Nevada’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The photographs depict the fire at the Las Vegas School in 1935, the fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1980, an exhibition at the Lost City Museum in 1973, a memorial event honoring the first permanent school in Las Vegas in 1980, and an exhibition at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 1983. The collection also contains photographs of some denizens of Las Vegas, including people at the Hughes Bar in Las Vegas, the last Union Pacific passenger train in Las Vegas, and schoolchildren at the Las Vegas School.
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