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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the second XF-11, April 3, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes, 1943
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 19
Archival Component
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.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes out for dinner, circa 1937
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Archival Collection
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Index of drawings and architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), July 18, 1966
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Archival Collection
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Index sheet for renovations of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino and a perspective view from the gardens. Original medium of drawing: pencil on parchment. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Ira Tepper and Associates, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Geologic map of the northeast quarter of the Bullfrog 15-minute quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1990
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1946
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947
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Archival Collection
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