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Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00651
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
City employees
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00651
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library District Collection on Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Silver City
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bill Willard Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00435
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: Box 33
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: Box 33
Archival Component
Film transparency of "Big Bertha" near Boulder City, Nevada, circa early 1930s
Date
1931 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of "Big Bertha," the Six Companies, Inc. motor transport used to haul workmen between Boulder City and Hoover Dam. This double-decker truck could haul 154 men. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph of a woman holding a fish at the end of her line, Lake Mead, June 1938
Date
1938-06
Archival Collection
Description
Women shows off her catch of the day to her other boating companions along Lake Mead. For another view, see Image 0219. Photo has stamp on back "Official photography do not publish without authority"
Image
Postcard of Ye Kings Rest Auto Court, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1936-1938
Date
1936 to 1938
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard of Ye Kings Rest Auto Court, auto court meaning motel. Inside, they have refrigerated air conditioning.
Image
Photograph of the Chief Autel Court motel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1938-1940s
Date
1938 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Chief Autel Court Motel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The motel was owned by Harold Stocker.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (wearing hat and white shirt) being interviewed by media as before beginning his around-the-world event in 1938.
Image
Film transparency of downtown and the Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view of downtown Boulder City and the Nevada Highway. Buildings that can be seen include the Nava-Hopi Indian Store, the Green Hut Cafe, the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building, the Terminal Building, a Texaco service gas station, and Delmar's Drug.
Image
Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938
Date
1938-08-02
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."
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