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Howard Heckethorn interview, February 15, 1979: transcript
Date
1979-02-15
Archival Collection
Description
On February 15, 1979, collector Richard Eitland interviewed Howard Heckethorn (born September 14th, 1922 in St. George, Utah) at Red Rock Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn discusses 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.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 7, 1947
Date
1947-08-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Attentive Listener, Washington: Howard Hughes listens to testimony of Sen. Owen Bewster (R. Me. ) at Aug. 7th session of the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee, which is looking into wartime plane contracts awarded to Hughes. Credit (ACME) 8/10/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 06, 1947
Date
1947-08-06
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes conversing with Attorney Thomas Slack."
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 at Le Bourget Airfield in France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Hughes' Lockheed plane surrounded by police as it is taken out of the hangar at Le Bourget Field, Paris, for the flight to Moscow. July 1938"
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Jesse Pearl Howard Johnson Manor, Nancy Howard Copley, Ollie Howard Lohr, and Mary Josephine Baxter Howard, Oregon, approximately 1906
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00056
Collection Name: Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Howard Cannon luncheon with Hubert Humphrey: photographic print
Date
1970-12-09
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Photograph of Main Street in Silver Peak (Nev.), 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Main Street, Silver Peak, Nevada, 1938. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "In 1938, Silver Peak was Esmeralda County's largest and most prosperous town, boasting a population of over 1,000. The economy was supported chiefly by the nearby mines of the Nivloc and Mary Mine areas. The town's prosperity ended when the mines closed with the beginning of WWII." The section of town in the upper left corner of the photo, which included the post office, several stores and a theater was destroyed by fire in 1948. There is a date stamp: Christmas, 1986.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.
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