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Hugh Shirkey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh Shirkey conducted by Patricia van Betten on February 04, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shirkey discusses his personal history and arriving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1950. He talks about his employment at the Blue Diamond Mine as an electrician. Shirkey describes what life was like at the village as a single worker, the development of the mining plant, how the plant was managed, and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Lastly, Shirkey recalls moving to Las Vegas and retiring from the mining plant.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, Chicago, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1946
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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Health and Welfare. Boulder City Hospital. Contains correspondence, 1959 January to 1960 July
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Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 10 (86th Session)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946
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