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Water Supply, Requirements, and Costs Reports: for various locations, 1938 to 1950

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00181
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Photograph of a crowd watching Howard Hughes boarding an airliner, circa July 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Crowd of people watching Howard Hughes board an airliner that was heading for Washington.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes examining the damaged tail of his plane after his arrival at the Le Bourget Airfield, Paris, on his world flight. July 1938"

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Will Wittwer (Las Vegas Ranch), May 5, 1938

Date

1938-05-05

Archival Collection

Description

Responding to complaints that water from a spring located on the Las Vegas ranch property had been contaminated, directions were given to repair and protect the spring.

Text

Photograph of Dyer, Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1938

Date

1938

Description

An automobile and unidentified building (possibly a church or schoolhouse) in the town of Dyer, Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of the Lost City site, near Overton, Nevada, 1938-1939

Date

1938 to 1939

Description

Circles formed of rocks and stones are seen outside a brick building at the Lost City site (or Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada.

Image

Film negative showing men on a boat on Lake Mead, January 1938

Date

1938-01

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of two unidentified men on a boat on Lake Mead; Jack Buecrud, aqua plane rider, is possibly pictured.

Image

Film negative showing men on a boat on Lake Mead, January 1938

Date

1938-01

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of two unidentified men on a boat on Lake Mead; Jack Buecrud, aqua plane rider, is possibly pictured.

Image

Film negative showing a boat on Lake Mead, circa January 1938

Date

1938-01

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of a boat on Lake Mead; Jack Buecrud, aqua plane rider, is possibly on board.

Image

Photograph of Sandy Valley School, Lincoln County, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Black and white photo of Sandy Valley School, Lincoln County.

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