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.
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
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."
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
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."
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.