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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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Two boys donating money to erect a monument in City Hall Park in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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Dedication of the Gold Star Mothers War Memorial in City Hall Park in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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#02262: Clark, Tom; Blythn, Evan - Testifying at Show-cause Hearing at City Hall, 1976 August 13
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Section of the "Spruce Goose" or Flying Boat being moved with a police escort from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Los Angeles Harbor, 1946 June
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Section of the "Spruce Goose" or Flying Boat being moved with a police escort from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Los Angeles Harbor, 1946 June
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 14
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Howard Hughes being carried ashore at the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, 1938 January 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
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Howard Hughes being carried ashore at the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, 1938 January 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
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Crowd at a parade celebrating the completion of Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight parade, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Hall and Mirrors
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Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 15th Edition partial revision -- Set design drawings by Charles Lisanby
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