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Map of California, and territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1864
Date
1864
Description
'Johnson's California, also Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, published by A.J. Johnson, New York.' 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by A.J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern district of New York.' Atlas page numbers in upper margin: 67-68. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington. Shows natural features, locations of Indian tribes, proposed railroad routes, routes of explorers, trails, county boundaries and populated places. Hand colored. On verso: 'Historical and statistical view of the West India Islands or Columbian Archipelago' (p. 80) and 'Historical and statistical view of Mexico and Central America' (p. 79). Scale [ca. 1:3,484,800]. 1 in. to ca. 55 miles (W 124°--W 102°/N 42°--N 32°).
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, skyline view of New York City with Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground. Typed onto script included with the image: "Howard Hughes plane Lockheed 14 in flight over lower New York City. To right in the background can be seen New York City's three bridges of the lower East River from front to rear: the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge."
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Restaurant in the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
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Item
Archival Collection
Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00329
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Gamblers in the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1986
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00329
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen leaving Floyd Bennett Airfield.
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Map of California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, circa 1867
Date
1865 to 1869
Description
39 x 56 cm. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by A.J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Atlas page numbers in upper margin: 67-68. Primer meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. On verso: History and statistical view of the West India islands or Columbian Archipelago and Historical and statistical view of Mexico and Central America. Shows proposed railroads, locations of Indian tribes, natural features, counties, mines, mail routes, trails and routes of exploring expeditions. Has decorative border. Southern part of Nevada was added to the state in 1867 and is part of Nevada on this map, but Lincoln County was established in 1867 and is not on this map. This map was still probably published in 1867 in spite of someone's having written "1864" in pencil in the lower right corner of the Library's copy. Original publisher: A.J. Johnson.
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Wilbur and Toni Clark at a formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York City, New York, 1958
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Toni and Wilbur Clark Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00302
Collection Name: Toni and Wilbur Clark Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Collection Name: Toni and Wilbur Clark Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 10
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airport just before Hughes takes off for Paris.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes being escorted by Grover Whalen and several guards at Floyd Bennett Airfield.
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Del Webb's Sahara Boardwalk-Atlantic City, New Jersey
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A
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