University of Nevada, Las Vegas Physical Plant Planning and Development Committee Records
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Collection Number: UA-00087 Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Physical Plant Planning and Development Committee Records Box/Folder: Box 03 (Restrictions apply), Box SH-047 (Restrictions apply)
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."