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Transcript of interview with Chic Hecht by Julie Sefman, April 2, 1976

Date
1976-04-02
Description

Interview with Chic Hecht Julie Sefman on April 2, 1976. In this brief interview, Hecht talks about his time in the state senate working to bolster the budget with sales tax and gaming tax, starting a community college and health programs. He also talks about Pop Squires, a newspaper man and advocate for building Hoover Dam, who had a home on the site of Chic Hecht's clothing store on Fremont Street. Hecht also describes his time in the military and his involvement with the Military Intelligence Association.

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The Fairview, furnished rooms, Seven Troughs mining district, Lovelock, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1906 (year approximate)
Description
From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288). Written on the back of image: "Seven Troughs County Nevada. As the camp of Vernon started up-gold camp. This is out of Lovelock Nevada" - F.H. Benham.

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Photograph of early Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905-1915

Date
1905 to 1915
Description
View from elevated structure of early Las Vegas in the early 1900s. Clusters of buildings sit near railroad tracks and the mountains are visible in the distance behind a layer of clouds.

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