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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Howard Hughes in New York beside the Northrop Gamma Racer at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York speed record, 1936
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
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The Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (1950-1983) contains photographic prints, negatives, and one slide featuring Senator Howard Cannon at various political and publicity events with military personnel, political colleagues, and constituents primarily in the state of Nevada. Other photographs feature Cannon at political and publicity events outside of Nevada including California, New York, Florida, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.
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Photograph of town hall, Alamo (Nev.), 1910s - 1930s
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Archival Collection
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New York City's 52nd Street was a miniature Vegas Strip, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Papers
Box/Folder: Box 14
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Report: "A New Day Dawning in Atlantic City" by Bear Stearns, 2002
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 158
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Report: "Legal Gambling in the City of New York" by Eugene Martin Christiansen, 1990
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 163
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T-Shirt Color: White; Front: Buffalo Police, Buffalo; Back: "Let Them Never Be Forgotten" America's Bravest And Finest September 11th 2001, Fire Department City Of New York, Police Department City Of New York, Dept. Emblems, New York City And American Flag, approximately 2001-2012
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 238
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New York City 9/11 firefighter memorials, approximately 2001 to 2010
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: American Red Cross Southern Nevada Chapter Records
Box/Folder: Box 09
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The New Atlantic City Convention Center Grand Opening, 1997 May 01
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: MGM Mirage Records on Mandalay Resort Group
Box/Folder: Box 53
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