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Photograph of an outhouse over an irrigation ditch in Corn Creek, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
1938 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
An outhouse located over an irrigation ditch in Corn Creek, Nevada
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: Outhouse over irrigation ditch
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Roscoe Moss (Los Angeles), June 10, 1938
Date
1938-06-10
Archival Collection
Description
Well No. 2 had dropped production from 2.5 million gallons a day to 700,000 gallons, and Bracken discussed possible remedies.
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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 19, 1937
Date
1937-01-19
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes near his Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after breaking the coast-to-coast record from Burbank to Newark in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 27 seconds. The distance he covered was 2490 miles while he was going an average speed of 332 mph. This record bettered his previous record by two hours.
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Andre's store and Silver Diner Cafe, Beatty, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1938
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Joe Andre Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00124
Collection Name: Joe Andre Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Joe Andre Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Completed workshop and tack room with a bunkhouse in right foreground built the previous year, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Worts Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00007
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Charles Pratt's diary from time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1936 to 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01063
Collection Name: Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 09, 1947
Date
1947-11-09
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes Submits Written Question, Washington: Howard Hughes tosses a written question to Sen. Homer Ferguson, chairman of the Senate War Investigation sub-committee, Nov. 8. Hughes was refused permission to take the stand and charged Ferguson was "throwing every obstacle" in the way of presenting testimony favorable to Hughes himself. On Ferguson's right is Sen. Carl Hatch, while the committee's chief counsel, William P. Rigers, faces the camera in the background. Credit (ACME) 11/9/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes is on the left.
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