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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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Howard Hughes giving a news conference beside his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Flat File 01
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Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, president of the 1939 New York World's Fair Corporation, 1938 July 04
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
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Photograph of two Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes and Jack Dempsey, New York City, June 1964
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Animatronic animals installed in the hallways at the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic prints
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company photographs, 1917-1997
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Materials contain photographs of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company from 1917 to 1997. The photographs primarily depict factories, laboratories, and tools produced by the Hughes Tool Company. The Hughes Aircraft Company was founded in 1932 as a division of Hughes Tool Company.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Caesar's Boardwalk Regency Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard
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Caesar's Boardwalk Regency Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard
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Photograph of Fleming and Ida Hubbard at J. C. Penney convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa early 1900s
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