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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.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in a plane, Glendale, California, August 20, 1938
Date
1938-08-20
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes at the controls of plane before leaving Glendale, Calif., on a nonstop flight to New York. 8-20-38."
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Skyline view of Boulder City, Nevada looking east: photographic print
Date
1945 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking east. 1945-55(?).
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Skyline view of Boulder City, Nevada looking southwest: photographic print
Date
1950 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking southwest. 1950-55(?).
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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School class, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1947-1950
Date
1947 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photo of Boulder City Elementary School class. Teacher is Mrs. Dorothy Johnson.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' arrival, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of men assembling a truck loaded with old telephone booths for Howard Hughes arrival in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Telephone company "goes to town" for Hughes' arrival, New York City -- Something had to be done to take care of the thousands of potential telephone users who crowded Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, for the arrival of Howard Hughes and his daring crew on their dash Around the World, so the New York Telephone Company, well aware of the fact that the few phones at the field couldn't possibly accommodate, the officials, police, and spectators, "went to town" with a truck loaded with old telephone booths. A line was quickly strung and the phones in the booths on the truck were plugged in. The business was rushing and the phone company was well rewarded for its enterprise. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
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Photograph of a person in Lost City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified person in Lost City, Nevada. Description given with photograph says, "Rooms (house 47) Lost City"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in cockpit, New York, February 15, 1946
Date
1946-02-15
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "After Non-Stop Coast to Coast Flight -- Pilot Howard Hughes (left) millionaire flier and movie producer, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens, relax at the controls of their Lock-heed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in new York City, Feb. 15 on Pre-Inaugural non-stop coast to coast flight from Burbank, Calif. the Constellation, named "Start of California" and carrying 34 passengers, including movie stars and a crew of seven, landed at LaGuardia Field eight hours and 38 minutes after leaving Burbank. 22/15/46."
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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, October 5, 1932
Date
1932-10-05
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of school children in front of the Boulder City Elementary School, now the home of City Hall, located at 401 California Avenue in Boulder City. Four hundred of the 550 enrolled pupils are seen in front of the school.
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