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Russell Howard oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00898

Abstract

Oral history interview with Russel Howard conducted by James W. Howard on January 10, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Howard recalls being transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada for work in 1947 and how impressed he was by the number of celebrities from the movie and entertainment industry that frequented Las Vegas in the early 1950s. He also discusses the expansion of the Las Vegas Strip and how rapidly the number of hotels grew.

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon pictured with an unidentified group: photographic print

Date

1964

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

Image

Howard Cannon pictured with an unidentified group: photographic print

Date

1964

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Coleen York Wilson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03272

Abstract

Oral history interview with Coleen York Wilson conducted by Claytee D. White on June 4, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Wilson talks about growing up in Fordyce, Arkansas before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 at the age of eighteen. She mentions that her parents had moved to Nevada in 1940 to work at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI), living in a trailer before returning to Fordyce two years later. She then discusses moving to Las Vegas to join an older sister and relates that she did not remember any discrimination in seating or eating meals during her bus trip. After this, Wilson lists the jobs she held in Las Vegas before her retirement in 1984, including work at the Las Vegas Cleaners, serving as a school crossing guard, and working as a housekeeping supervisor at the Stardust Resort Hotel, the Hacienda Resort Hotel, and Circus Circus Hotel and Casino before taking a job at the Nevada Test Site. She also talks about her family, her church activities, and her regret at not attending college.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, July 4, 1938

Date

1938-07-04

Description

Howard Hughes being greeted by Grover Whalen either at the Floyd Bennett Field or Holmes Airport.

Image

Censorship cuts for New York, New York release, 1932 April 18 to 1932 June 21

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 056 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946

Date

1946-09-11

Description

A view of Howard Hughes in front of a B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946

Date

1946-09-11

Description

A view of Howard Hughes in front of a B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Washington, August 06, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes In Washington, Washington: In good humor and wearing his battered "good luck" felt hat that he wore in his recent plane crash, plane manufacturer, Howard Hughes leaves national airport following his overnight flight from the west coast to appear before the Senate War Investigating Sub-committee today (Aug. 6). Credit (ACME)."

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New York-New York - Entryway, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph

Date

2006

Description

From the Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs (PH-00419).

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