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Police escorting Howard Hughes and his crew at the Washington Airport as his around-the-world flight came to Washington, D.C. to thank Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his cooperation in clearing their take-offs, 1938 July 21
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
Photograph of a party of salvagers, St. Thomas, Nevada, June, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A group of men dismantling a house and loading the fruits of their labors on a truck. The waters of the rising Lake Mead are in the foreground.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "a party of salvagers are almost too late in dismantling the last of the St. Thomas residences. (c. 1942) (photo by E. Edwards)"
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Memo from Walter R. Bracken to W. H. Hulsizer about water usage, March 28, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Water used by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company in 1932
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Julie McDonald oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Julie McDonald conducted by Michael Richardson on March 14, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, McDonald describes life in Las Vegas, Nevada after moving there in 1956, as well as the city's layout. McDonald also passionately describes the complexities, perks, and pitfalls she faced while working as a card dealer in various casinos.
Archival Collection
Letter from H. H. Larson (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Larson asking Bracken if it was still the policy of the company to not sell water to an institution like the Railroad Pass Casino.
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Aerial view, west, showing construction boarding camp and Basic Town site trailer camp: photographic print, 1942 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI) Records and Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Burton School of Creative Writing (corespondence writing course), 1936-1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hazel Baker Denton Papers
Box/Folder: Box 3
Archival Component
County agent project report, Erosion-flood control, April 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Division and United States Department of Agricultural Cooperating. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark County #12.
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