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North Las Vegas and City Hall construction, 1940s-1960s

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00651
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 12

Archival Component

Photograph of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.

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WFAN New York City radio, 1995

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File

Archival Collection

Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00579
Collection Name: Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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WRFM New York City radio, 1976

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File

Archival Collection

Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00579
Collection Name: Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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March to Los Angeles: Los Angeles City Hall, 1992

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File

Archival Collection

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00382
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 14

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Shauna Hughes oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02817

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Shauna Hughes conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 31, 2016 and October 11, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Hughes discusses her early life in New York and later moving to Ohio. She talks about attending John Carroll University, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Hughes recalls being appointed Henderson City Attorney, the early development of Green Valley, and the rapid growth of that area. Hughes then describes the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion in 1988. In the second interview, Hughes discusses her work as Henderson City Attorney. She describes collaborating with elected city officials, the development of the Galleria Mall, and the establishment of Nevada State College (NSC). Lastly, Hughes talks about community support for new infrastructure in Henderson.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes at a press conference beside his Douglas DC-3, New York, April, 1947

Date

1947-04

Description

Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.

Image

Henderson West-City Hall Annex, Henderson, Nevada, 1978

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File

Archival Collection

Robert Beckmann Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00381
Collection Name: Robert Beckmann Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

North Las Vegas City Hall, 1966 December 02

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File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 44

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Photograph of Howard Hughes speaking to the press, Culver City, California, July 30, 1947

Date

1947-07-30

Description

Description given with photo: "Losing Money on Flying Boat, Says Hughes, Culver City, Calif.: Howard Hughes (center, facing camera) makes his first appearance before the press since the start of the senate investigation into his multi-million dollar plane contracts. Hughes said the government is getting its $18,000,000 worth out of his big, eight-engined flying boat but he's losing money. the plane has yet to be flown. Credit (ACME). 7-30-47."

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