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Photograph of Hoover Dam machinery near Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931
Date
1930 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
The view of machinery inside of a building at the Hoover Dam site located near Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick in front of the Northrop Gamma racer, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick in front of the Northrop Gamma Racer.
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Slide of Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, December 1, 1931
Date
1931-12-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Nevada Highway in Boulder City. The Six Companies, Inc. clubhouse, commissary and executives lodge are visible.
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Photograph of reburial in Lost City, Valley of Fire, circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Site of reburial of a dozen or more skeletons found in the valley near the ruins of The Lost City Pueblo. Slabs of stones were placed at the head of each grave. Back of photo identifies this as Valley of Fire. (Photographer W.A. Davis says this is not the Valley of Fire].
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Slide of a gold mining sign, Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of a "Chicago Nevada Gold Mining Co" sign near Virginia City.
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Film transparency of an airport and a Trans World Airlines terminal, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The view of airplanes at the Trans World Airlines (TWA) terminal in an unnamed airport in Boulder City, Nevada. One of America's oldest International Air Carriers (INAC) that was popular during the twentieth century, the Trans World Airlines was aided by aviator Charles Lindbergh in mapping out the company's early air routes, and so in the 1930s Trans World Airlines was also known as "The Lindbergh Line."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, Terminal Island, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Interviewed By Newsmen After Flight - Terminal Island, Calif. : Photo shows Howard Hughes surrounded by radio interviewers, reporters, and well-wishers after he tested his flying boat the "HK-1" in Los Angeles harbor. He surprised onlookers by taking the huge 200-ton seaplane into the air for a mile flight at the altitude of 70 feet, with a speed of 100 M.P.H, then landing the craft with a very safe landing. Photo by Al Monteverge. 1-03-47."
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Film transparency showing a street in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940s
Date
1933 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a street in Boulder City; a sign indicating the direction of the Hoover Dam is posted on Arizona street. At the end of the street lies the Bureau of Reclamation Administration Building located at 1200 Park Street Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the second XF-11, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes prior to test-piloting the second XF-11 prototype, a duplicate of the plane which crashed on July 7 the previous year.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Gen. view parade: As globe fliers braved Broadway blizzard, New York. Although they didn't encounter a single snowflake on their roaring dash across Siberia, Howard Hughes and his four-man crew met a regular blizzard (of Broadway ticker tape) today as New York paid them homage as only New York know how. This is a view of the scene as the triumphal procession proceeded from the Battery to City Call. In the car are (left to right) Grover Whalen, President of the New York World's Fair, Howard Hughes and Al Lodwick, his press representative. (w) 7-15-38.30."
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