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Howard Hughes in New York, 1938 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09

Archival Component

Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 9, 1941

Date

1941-07-09

Archival Collection

Description

Smith explaining to Bracken exactly how the state measures water, and that a miner's inch is a very imprecise measurement.

Text

Photograph of dwelling at Lost City, 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

A restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away.

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Howard Hughes in France, 1938 July 11

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Howard Hughes in France, 1938 July 11

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Postcard of Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1900s-1920s

Date

1900 to 1929

Description

A picture postcard of Virginia City, Nevada covered in snow. A message is written on the back stating that "there has been $700-000-000 gold and silver taken out of this camp."

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City of Las Vegas, Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00674

Abstract

The City of Las Vegas, Nevada records contain petitions, reports, civil service rules, a municipal court system proposal, management studies for fiscal policies and arrangements, a law enforcement joint venture program, an area study for a new post office, infrastructure plans, the 1935 City Charter, Board of Commissioners reports, elected official records, and recall petitions for Mayor J. F. Hesse. Records date from 1927 to 1982.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes and crew at a parade, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Members of the Howard Hughes flight around the world are (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; Ed Lund, mechanic and H. P. Connor, co-navigator, as they rode in the welcoming parade in New York City 7-15-38."

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Near the Atlantic City Boardwalk: photograph

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)

Description

Near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ca.1960's. Signs in the background read "Spook's Shangri-la" and "Steeplechase"

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View of walls from a lost city: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311). Best walls uncovered at Lost City. N V-88.

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