Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 191 - 200 of 2566

Photograph of crowd witnessing the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. Notice workers raising the power lines so the fuselage could pass underneath.

Image

Photograph of crowd watching drilling contest, Searchlight (Nev.), July 4, 1905

Date

1905-07-04

Description

Caption: Drilling contest, Searchlight, Nevada, 1905.

Image

Crowd of people at Nevada Bar, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1937

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

Image

Photograph of crowds on Fremont Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s - early 1960s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

People crowd together for an event on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquees for the California Hotel and Casino, Pioneer Club, Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon, and Monte Carlo Club can be seen in the background. Street Address: Fremont Street

Image

Photograph of a crowd awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Tumultuous welcome awaits world fliers here Floyd Bennett Airport, N.Y. -- Policemen lined up on the field here awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes and his companions, New York bound from Minneapolis, on the last leg of their epochal Round-The-World flight. By noon, a crowd of 6,000 persons had gathered at the airport, and it was increasing by the moment. Credit line (ACME). 7/14/38."

Image

Photograph of Thomas Hisgen and a crowd on the train platform, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Patron provided the following comment: Note that the depot is wood. This means they are likely at the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Depot. The other depot in Rhyolite (still standing) was made of rock and owned by the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad.
Caption: Thomas Hisgen - Independent Party Candidate for President - at Rhyolite, Nevada, 1908

Image

Photograph of crowd outside premier of "Meet Me In Las Vegas" at the El Portal Theatre, Las Vegas, 1956

Date

1956

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a crowd outside the El Portal Theatre for the premiere of the film, "Meet Me In Las Vegas," starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse.

Image

Rex Bell with Nevada Delegation and a crowd at airport: photographic print

Date

1955-06-19

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Labeled on back: "Miss Carolane Conner greets Rex Bell and other members of Nevada delegation at airport on 6-19-55. Rosebud VIII was present as was 'Ga. Beauties' for the men from Nevada." Stamped on back: "This photograph released for publication. Permission granted for reproduction one time only." Credit: "Charles Pugh, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photo."

Image

Crowd of people stand hand in hand for closing ceremonies at IFOR, image 001: photographic print

Date

1988

Description

The closing ceremonies for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) meeting in Piazza S. Pietro in Assisi, Italy 1988. Participants stand hand in hand together outdoors.

Image

Crowd of people stand hand in hand for closing ceremonies at IFOR, image 002: photographic print

Date

1988

Description

The closing ceremonies for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) meeting in Piazza S. Pietro in Assisi, Italy 1988.

Image