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Slide of Archie C. Grant Hall and Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1982 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Students walking on the East Mall behind Archie C. Grant Hall and Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Image
John S. Wright Hall rededication: newspaper clipping
Date
2005 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Undated UNLV newspaper advertisement about the renovation and rededication of John S. Wright Hall at UNLV.
Mixed Content
L'il Lil [real name: Howard Benway at the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall & Saloon Gaiety Theater: photographic print, 1981
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Kenny Kerr Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01051
Collection Name: Kenny Kerr Papers
Box/Folder: Box 05
Collection Name: Kenny Kerr Papers
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Frontier Music Hall, menu
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Frontier Hotel and Casino Music Hall Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Text
Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "New York reception for Howard Hughes and his companions after completing a round the world flight. 7-15-38 (Press Association)."
Image
1938 Ford in the Amargosa River bed: photographic prints
Date
1941-08-06
Archival Collection
Description
On the photograph it reads, "March 3, 1938 - our 1938 Ford in the Amargosa River bed near Beatty, Nevada."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
Date
1936-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sitting on a bed.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1937
Date
1937
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes alighting from a Stinson Reliant SR-9 aircraft.
Image
Photograph of Richard Kirman, Nevada, circa 1935-1938
Date
1935 to 1938
Archival Collection
Description
Nevada Governor Richard Kirman from 1935-1938.
Image