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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
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Howard Hughes and an unidentified man stand next to a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, 1947
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
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Newspaper clippings about the Wall Street Journal investigation of Howard Hughes, 1971
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 23
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Howard Hughes examining machinery in his airplane plant, approximately 1930-1939
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 07
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Howard Hughes and others studying diagrams for the Flying Boat, approximately 1942-1947
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Howard Hughes under the propeller of his Douglas DC-3 aircraft, 1947 April
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Howard Hughes waving to crowds in a parade in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Howard Hughes at the controls of a Trans World Airlines Constellation, 1947 May 01
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Howard Hughes standing beside the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936 January 01
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Newspaper clippings about praise for Howard Hughes fighting communism in Hollywood, 1952
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 34
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