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Photograph of a sleeping shed and reservoir in Corn Creek, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1938 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Reservoir and sleeping sled in Corn Creek, Nevada

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Resevoir (sic) and sleeping shed"

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938

Date

1938-07-07

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."

Image

"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's railroad tracks that had been damaged during floods in February and March of 1938 in Southern California and Southern Nevada, including by the Los Angeles Flood of 1938. The photographs primarily depict washed out tracks, damaged bridges, and debris.

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Letter from H. H. Larson (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1938

Date

1938-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Larson asking Bracken if it was still the policy of the company to not sell water to an institution like the Railroad Pass Casino.

Text

Slide of Frank & Estella Beam Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1984

Date

1982 to 1986

Description

Entrance to Frank & Estella Beam Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Image

Film transparency of a bar, Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the bar at the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in downtown Las Vegas.

Image

Photograph of Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, circa 1956

Date

1956

Description

A birds eye view of Frazier Hall construction for Nevada Southern University.

Image

Photograph of Frazier Hall, Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, circa 1961-1962

Date

1961 to 1962

Description

An exterior view of Frazier Hall at the Nevada Southern University in Las Vegas.

Image

An exterior view of the North Las Vegas City Hall framed by the roofline of a medical office building on North McDaniel Street in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2019 February 06

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component