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J. T. McWilliams and family, 1930-1938
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Materials contain photographs of J. T. McWilliams and the McWilliams family from 1930 to 1938. McWilliams was a surveyor and civil engineer who founded the original Las Vegas townsite (McWilliams Town). He also owned a portion of Lee Canyon, which he donated to become a public park.
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Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft landing, Chicago, 1938
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft landing, Chicago, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Glendale, California, circa 1937
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Pearl Hughes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pearl Hughes conducted by Katherine D. Beal on February 11, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Hughes discusses her family's early arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salinas, California. Her family then bought and operated a motel in North Las Vegas, Nevada between the late 1940s to 1950. Hughes also discusses the growth of the hotel and casino industry, city urban development, community interactions, Las Vegas, Nevada celebrities, atomic testing, and President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
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1938 Ford in the Amargosa River bed near Beatty, Nevada, 1938 March 03
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
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