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Howard Hughes standing with an unidentified reporter next to the second XF-11 after landing in New York, 1947 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 10

Archival Component

Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

A portrait of Howard Hughes.

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Willapa Harbor and Florence, Oregon: photographic negative, approximately 1938 April to 1938 May

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Item

Archival Collection

Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00240
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-028

Archival Component

Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Aerial view of the Lockheed 14 before takeoff.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

A close-up, black and white view of the nose of the Lockheed 14 aircraft.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Black and white close-up view of the front of the Lockheed 14 aircraft.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Aerial view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft being towed before takeoff.

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Bills of lading, 1938 to 1940

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File

Archival Collection

Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records
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Collection Number: MS-00006
Collection Name: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records
Box/Folder: Box 2

Archival Component