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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03587

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Claytee D. White on April 28, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

In this interview, Geraldine Kirk-Hughes discusses her educational background, previous occupations, and her decision to attend law school in Reno, Nevada in 1984. Kirk-Hughes shares details of passing the bar exam in 1988, opening her one-woman law firm shortly thereafter, and her affiliation with the National Bar Association (NBA). She recalls how she met Charles Kellar, various cases she represented, and her experiences with racism both directed at herself and her clients of color.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 400,000 pound Flying Boat just a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California. The aircraft was 219 feet long with a wing span of 320 feet.

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Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane

Identifier

MS-00920

Abstract

The Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane consists of blueline print reproductions of sheets created between 1941 and 1950 containing schematic engineering design drawings pertaining to the aircraft's rudder and flight control system assembly and installation. Types of drawings include full body perspective diagrams, structural sections, elevations, and plans.

Archival Collection

Gilley's Saloon and Dance Hall: postcard

Date

1999

Description

Gilley's Saloon and Dance Hall in the New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. (1999)

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Photograph of Howard Hughes inside an unidentified plane, circa 1937

Date

1936 to 1938

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes and an unidentified man standing before a plane.

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Unidentified woman and the front side of the old Town Hall, Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.F. Palsgrove Family. The Town Hall was originally the Miners' Union Building in Rhyolite, Nevada.

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Photograph of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14, New York, July 9, 1938

Date

1938-07-09

Description

The black and white view of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York, New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Readying Hughes' plane for Paris flight. New York City-- Mechanics hastened to put Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane in shape for a flight from Floyd Bennett Airport here, to Paris. Motor trouble forced postponement and helpers were working under injunction to have the ship ready for a takeoff "at the earliest possible moment," July 9. Photo shows: Lieut, Thomas A. Thurlow, navigator, calibrating compass on plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/9/1938."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes putting on a tie in a hotel room.

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