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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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Layton City Fire Station, 1972 January 26; 1972 February 15
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Collection Name: Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 119
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947
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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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Photograph of ceremony at Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, March 15, 1981
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Photograph of people at Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, March 15, 1981
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 09, 1947
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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938
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