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Atlantic City Plaza Casino Hotel: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Level of Description
Series
Archival Collection
Homer Rissman Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00452
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Film transparency showing streets of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1940s
Date
1933 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Boulder City's streets and landscape; a Texaco gas station, a souvenir shop, the Boulder Dam Hotel, the Boulder Theater building, and the Boulder Cafe can be seen in the background.
Image
Boulder City: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Boulder City in the early 1930s.
Image
Postcard showing the Boulder Cafe in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the Boulder Cafe in Boulder City, "The city that built Boulder Dam."
Image
Letter and envelope to John M. Bunker, Logan City, Utah from Mary Etta Syphus, Ogden City, Utah
Date
1894-01-01
Archival Collection
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
Text
Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Hughes guest at National Press Club. Washington, D. C. -- After personally thanking Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his assistance in clearing the way for their round-the-world flight, Howard Hugehs and his four daring companions were guests at a luncheon of the National Press Club here, July 21st. Here Hughes is shown as he was congratulated at the club by Major General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps. Left to right: Howard Hughes, Constantine A. Dumansky, Counselor of the Soviet Embassy: General Westover, Jesse Jones, Chairman of the R. F. C. and Count De Saint-Quentin, the French Embassador."
Image
Boulder Bowl lettering sign, Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior view of Boulder Bowl in Boulder City, NV during the day.
504 California Ave, Boulder City, NV 89005
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sitting inside the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes' Paris hop delayed by motor trouble. New York City-- Howard Hughes, millionaire oil man and speed flyer, in the cabin of his huge Lockheed plane as he waited impatiently for a crew of mechanics to repair one of the motors so that he could take off for Paris. He was forced to give up his plans to leave on July 9th when mechanics found that it would be impossible to change the 18 cylinders of his motors in time. Crews worked all night at the job. Rough spots were found in the cylinders during fuel consumption tests. Credit Line (ACME) 7/10/38 Burs SF."
Image
Film transparency of houses in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of houses in Boulder City, Nevada.
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