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Map of California, territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah, circa 1863

Date

1861 to 1865

Description

40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Historical and statistical view of the United States, 1860"--Verso. Atlas page numbers at top: 58-59. Arizona became a territory in 1863, and Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864, so this map was either published in 1863 or in 1864 before the end of October. Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.

Image

New Year's Eve 1913, dinner menu, Brigham's Hotel and Cafe

Date

1912-12-31 to 1913-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Two menus are shown inside, one is the "Table d'Hote" and the other is à la carte; both are served from 8:30 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. The prix fixe for the table d'hote is $2.50, with cocktails and cordials extra. Cover is embossed with holly leaves and features the hotel logo and an illustration of a ballerina. Cover illustration has an illegible artist's signature. Menu is tied with a dark red tassel Restaurant: Brigham's Hotel and Café Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Text

Chart, Comparative statement of water produced at Las Vegas for June and July in years between 1931 and 1938, June 9, 1938

Date

1938-06-09

Archival Collection

Description

Water production from five months between 1931 and 1938

Text

Ashley Hall oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02488

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ashley Hall conducted by Claytee D. White on September 2, 2015 and September 22, 2015 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hall discusses being the city manager of Las Vegas, Nevada during the early portion of the development of Summerlin, Nevada by the Hughes Corporation. He also discusses his earlier life before politics, pertaining to Nevada Trench Safety.

Archival Collection

Photograph of police in readiness for arrival of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of police men awaiting the arrival of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached onto the image: "Police in readiness for arrival of Hughes' plane, Floyd Bennett Airport, N.Y. -- Police lined up in front of a plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, as last-minute preparations were made for the arrival of Howard Hughes and his companions, who were winging over North Central America on the last leg of their epochal Round-The-World flight. By noon a crowd of 6,000 persons had assembled and countless others choked all roads leading to the field as the fliers drew nearer to their goal. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."

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Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, New York: costume design drawings, notes, 2003 July-August

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Jerry Jackson Papers

Archival Component

Howard Hughes leaves Newark, New Jersey Airport with party en route to Washington, D.C., 1938 July 21

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Archival Component

Howard Hughes, Tom Thurlow, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Dale Powers in New York, 1938 July 04

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Archival Component

Howard Hughes at the controls of plane before leaving Glendale, California, on a nonstop flight to New York, 1938 August 20

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Archival Component

1938-1959

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Zelvin Lowman Papers

Archival Component