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Postcard showing a flagpole base engraved with a memorial inscription, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935
Date
1935-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the inscribed flagpole base located between the Winged Figures of the Republic sculptures at Boulder Dam. The base is engraved with a memorial inscription regarding the construction of the dam: "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Hotel Chatham menu, May 23, 1895
Date
1895-05-23
Archival Collection
Description
Note: Handwritten menu Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Hotel Chatham Location: Paris, France
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Entrance to the Pahrump Valley Hotel: photographic print
Date
1916
Archival Collection
Description
Entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Company which includes the hotel, ranch, school, homes, etc in 1916. Notice water flowing across road; it was from an artesian well and was used for irrigation. Handwritten inscription on back of photo reads, "1916 entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Compny Ranch,Store, School; hotel, boarding house, bunk house, blacksmith shop, duplex homes, implement shed, home of ranch foreman. Notoce water flowingacross the road. From the spring, pools artesian well across corrall & fields where it was ditched for irrigation." It also has this stamp on the back, Pahrump Tribune P. O. Box218A Pahrump, NV 89041.
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George Lockhart in his office: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
George Lockhart in his office. His right hand is wrapped in gauze. The inscription on the back of the photo reads: "Geo. Lockhart, son of Thomas Lockhart, owner of Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nev. In office where I worked for Davis & Shoemaker."
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Seventeen members of an electric power study group from Korea: photographic print
Date
1963-02-18
Archival Collection
Description
Seventeen members of an electric power study group from Korea, having completed a six months' on-the-job training program in the American electric power industry under sponsorship of the International Cooperation Administration visited Hoover Dam Sept. 22, 1958 on their way home. Far left: Boulder Canyon Project Manager L. J. Hudlow, host to the group; Behind group, (American wearing plaid shirt), is R. L. Legler, Electrical Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation. (For rest of identification see accompanying sheet.)
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat fuselage in transport, California, circa June 1945
Date
1945-06
Archival Collection
Description
Fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being transported from a hangar by truck. The moving truck and rig have signs from Star House Movers, Inc., of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. Groups of people stand by to watch.
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Photograph of Vassili Sulich, Tessa Beaumont and an unidentified male dancer performing in the ballet "L'Echelle," Paris, France, 1956
Date
1956
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: Vassili Sulich, Tessa Beaumont, and an unidentified male ballet dancer in the ballet "L'Echelle," choreographed by Milko Sparemblek, in Paris, France.
Show Name: L'Echelle (ballet)
Show Name: L'Echelle (ballet)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes at Minneapolis to refuel before leaving for Floyd Bennett Field to complete a round the world flight."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes as he waited for refueling at Minneapolis before starting his home stretch flight to Floyd Bennett Field to complete round the world flight."
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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of Grover Whalen, Howard Hughes, and Al Lodwick riding in the back of an automobile during a parade celebrating Howard Hughes' completion of his round-the-world flight.
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