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Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

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Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

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Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

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Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

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Transcript of interview with Ed Collins by Steve Smith, March 15, 1981.

Date

1981-03-15

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Description

On March 15, 1981, Steven L. Smith interviewed Edward A. Collins (born on March 16th, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois), at the Dunes Hotel and Country Club. Collins relocated to Nevada in 1955. The interview covers gender equality in the field of culinary arts in Las Vegas. Collins describes the changes he saw take place in culinary over the years. He also discusses Bugsy Siegel’s impact and influence on the emergence of big shows in the hotels on the Strip. Among other jobs, Collins worked as a captain in a showroom at the Frontier Hotel. He discusses Las Vegas before and after Howard Hughes and Bob Maheu appeared on the scene.

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The Ward Miner vol. 1, no. 19, Ward City, Nevada, 1877 January 15

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UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
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Collection Number: MS-00011
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 22

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Transcript of interview with Mary Kreuzer by Patricia Kohlman, December 15, 1975

Date

1975-12-15

Description

On December 15, 1975, Patricia Kohlman interviewed Mary Kreuzer (born 1923 in Las Vegas, Nevada) in her home in Las Vegas. The two discuss Kreuzer’s childhood, as well as the different addresses that she’s lived at in Las Vegas. The interview concludes with a discussion on entertainment and small businesses before the population boom in Southern Nevada.

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Hughes/AirWest, 1968 to 1969

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George Knox Roth Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00238
Collection Name: George Knox Roth Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03 (Restrictions apply)

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Photograph of land auction re-enactment, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 1980

Date

1980-05-15

Description

Re-enactment of the land auction of 1905, May 15, 1980, Las Vegas, Nevada. The occasion was the Diamond Jubilee Celebration (75th anniversary) of the city of Las Vegas. From left to right, (1) Lt. Gov. Myron Leavitt, (representing Sen. Paul Laxalt); (7) Sen. Howard Cannon; (8) Gov. Robert List; (9) John F. Cahlan, Jubilee coordinator; (10) Mayor William Briare; (11) City Commissioner Ron Lurie; (12) City Comm. Al Levy; (13) City Comm. Paul Christensen;(14) King Merle Frehner; (15) Queen Evelyn McDonald.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

A view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, after arriving in New York.

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