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Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
Archival Component
Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
Archival Component
New York Times articles: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). From Slides #1550 through 1557. Newspaper title text: “U.S. Troops Enter Action in Korea; Marines Ordered to Battle Area; More Big Bombers Will Be Sent”.
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New York-New York - Exterior, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs (PH-00419).
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New York-New York - Interior, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs (PH-00419).
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
New York, 1996
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Vern Lanegrasse Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Le Music Hall
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Archival Collection
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Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- Americana Hotel: Puerto Rico -- Set design drawings by Winn Strickland
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Howard Heckethorn interview, March 2, 1977: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On March 2, 1977, Neil C. Dalmas interviewed teacher Howard Heckethorn, (born on September 14th, 1922 in St. George, Utah) at Red Rock Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.
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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Archival Collection
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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