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Pearl Hughes oral history interview
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Abstract
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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Polaroid of Showboat billboard advertising Megabucks, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Gamblers in the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, black-and-white, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Exterior view of Showboat Casino in the evening, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Exterior view of Showboat Casino in the evening, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Exterior view of Showboat Casino in the evening, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Construction of the Showboat Casino high-rise, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Conceptual sketch of the interior of the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Conceptual sketch of the interior of Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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