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Clouds, near Virginia City, Nevada, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00245
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029

Archival Component

Lost City, Nevada adminstrative files, 1976

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00906
Collection Name: Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 007 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, New York, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick beside Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes (distance 1095 miles; average speed 250 mph; high speed 290 mph). This bettered Jimmy Wedell's July 1933 record by 36 minutes. New York, New York."

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Film transparency showing streets of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1940s

Date

1933 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of cars, trees, and buildings; Boulder Dam Hotel can be seen in the background across the road from a building sign advertising "free Boulder Dam motion pictures".

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Slide of Escalante Plaza, Boulder City, Nevada, December 1, 1931

Date

1931-12-01

Description

Black and white image of a view northward across Escalante Plaza from the intersection of California Avenue and Wyoming Street in Boulder City. Visible in the background are an Administration Building and government dormitories.

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Slide of Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, December 1, 1931

Date

1931-12-01

Description

Black and white image showing a view north of Birch Street, as seen from the Nevada Highway in Boulder City. The Six Companies, Inc. clubhouse, commissary and executives lodge are visible.

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Photograph of a street scene, Boulder City, nevada, circa September 1931

Date

1931-09

Description

The grayscale view of a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada. Here, cars can be seen lining the street along Boulder Highway as their owners visit the numerous stores and restaurants found alongside the road. Shops on the left side of the road include Browder's, Powder Puff Beauty Shop, Thompson's Good Year Shoe-Shop, Nava-Hopi Indian Store, Green Hut Cafe, Nevada Drugs, and Good Year Tire. On the opposing side of the street lie Reservation Grill, Boulder City Drugs, Union Bus Terminal, and Miller's Cafe. At the end of the street, the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building can be seen located at 1200 Park Street.

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Photograph of a small structure in Lost City, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

An unidentified woman standing beside a maze-like structure made of sand. Description given with photograph: "Rooms (house 47) Lost City"

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Polaroid of Showboat billboard advertisement, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).

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Interior view of Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).

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