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Dredge in Manhattan, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada). In the center of the dredge the screw elevator can be seen. It brought the placer material from the bucket elevator on board the dredge where it was processed. It is said that it took 100 workers to assemble the dredge. The dredge could process between 500 and 1,000 tons of gravel per hour.

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Steve Brown, Marcus Fizaldi, and Steve Brown's uncle, Bob Lee, in front of Bob Lee's home in the Pahrump Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.G. Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump)

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Two young women at the Pahrump Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. Beryl Hughes, daughter of Pahrump Ranch owner John R. Hughes; and Mabel Ishmael, daughter of well-known Nye County resident, George Ishmael (identified from left to right). Photo was taken when Beryl Hughes was 15 and Mabel Ishmael was 16. Beryl Hughes later became a model in Los Angeles.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in airline pilot's uniform, circa late 1930s, early 1940s

Date

1938 to 1945

Description

Howard Hughes wearing an American Airways uniform.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes inside an unidentified plane, circa 1937

Date

1936 to 1938

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified plane.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 airplane, circa late 1930s

Date

1938-06

Description

An exterior view of the Lockheed 14 airplane outside a hangar at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.

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Robin Holabird Film Press Kit Collection

Identifier

MS-00583

Abstract

The Robin Holabird Film Press Kit Collection is comprised of press kits for commercial Hollywood films dating from 1986 through the first decade of the 2000s that were compiled by Robin Holabird in her capacity as Deputy Director of the Nevada Film Commission. The kits contain press releases, photograph stills and other filming information.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the Rotary International meeting, including Cyril Wengert, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1940

Date

1938 to 1942

Archival Collection

Description

The Rotary International meeting, including Cyril Wengert seated second from the left at the table.

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Film transparency of men playing craps, Las Vegas, circa late 1930s

Date

1938

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image showing an interior view of a casino. Men are playing craps, and a donkey is leaning into the table. The event is possibly related to Helldorado, based on the sign attached to the craps table.

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Slide of a man and a car in Government Park, Boulder City, Nevada, circa mid 1930s

Date

1935 to 1938

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a man standing by a car and looking at a sign with directions for Boulder Dam, Boulder Ferry, and Kingman, Arizona. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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