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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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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, July 4, 1938
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Photograph of proposed new senior housing, North Las Vegas, February 15, 1981
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Las Vegas Strip and construction of the New York, New York Casino, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 11, 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
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