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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Days Inn Town Hall Casino: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Leon Hughes and his horse: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family
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Hugh Shirkey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh Shirkey conducted by Patricia van Betten on February 04, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shirkey discusses his personal history and arriving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1950. He talks about his employment at the Blue Diamond Mine as an electrician. Shirkey describes what life was like at the village as a single worker, the development of the mining plant, how the plant was managed, and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Lastly, Shirkey recalls moving to Las Vegas and retiring from the mining plant.
Archival Collection
Hugh McAllister oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh McAllister conducted by A. D. Hopkins on January 15, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, McAllister discusses his early life working as a miner in Colorado and Nevada, his time in Lathrop Wells, Nevada, and his eventual move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936. McAllister also discusses his work as a bread truck driver, highway construction worker, and a machine shop worker for Basic Magnesium, Inc.
Archival Collection
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of town hall and movie theater, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
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Archival Collection
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Caption: The hall affording dances and movies.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
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Archival Collection
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