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Photograph of Beatty Garage, Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

A picture of the Beatty Garage. Transcribed from the notes attached to the picture, "Beatty Garage on road to Tonopah left hand side belonged to Mrs. Ritchings: both had stations, she had a store, he didn't. His ss. is now where Art Resorts (?)-yourself (Croon) (Red Crown)."

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Photograph of a sailboat on the water, Lake Mead, January 1938

Date

1938

Description

Inscription with image reads: "View of the "Lake", the trip eight-meter racing boat recently launched on Lake Mead by its owners, Messrs. Breese of Chicago and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Jasper Morgan, boat designer. The owners are enthusiastic over possibilities of numbers of similar sailing craft being launched on Lake Mead in the future. Photo by Bureau of Rec."

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Photograph of U.S Navy planes at airport, Boulder City (Nev.), January 22, 1938

Date

1938-01-22

Description

Seventeen Navy planes landed at the airport in Boulder City, Nevada, "B.D.R.A. Jan. 22, 1938."

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Photograph of mechanics with the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of mechanics loading and/or working on the Lockheed 14 aircraft.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes amongst a crowd in Chicago, Illinois, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Lockheed 14 aircraft after landing it in Chicago.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to an unidentified man, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes conversing with an unidentified man after landing the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Chicago.

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Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, image 001: postcard

Date

1979 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall located in Las Vegas, Nevada off of Boulder Highway.

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Vassili looking at a model of Artemus Ham Hall, image 001

Date

1944-05-18

Description

December 1975. Proof sheet of Vassili, Nancy Houssels, Donald Baepler, and unidentified woman. Large photo on reverse. Looking at a model of Artemus Ham Hall(?)

Vassili looking at a model of Artemus Ham Hall, image 002

Date

1944-05-20

Description

December 1975. Proof sheet of Vassili, Nancy Houssels, Donald Baepler, and unidentified woman. Large photo on reverse. Looking at a model of Artemus Ham Hall(?)

Sales material for the Granada model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 A residential home, called "The Granada," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15A-3-L and 15A-1-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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