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Howard Cannon on the phone with two unidentified men next to him: photographic print

Date

1971-04-06

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon with three others in his Washington, D.C. office: photographic print

Date

1981-03

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon with an unidentified man in his Washington, D.C. office: photographic print

Date

1981-03

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Photograph of a man working on rock bit drilling pieces at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT PRODUCTION more than 500,000 rock bits produced last year by the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, for drilling the kind of deep wells which now produce 90 per cent of the world's petroleum. The rock bit was invented by Howard Hughes' father and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his industrial empire. The machinist above is performing an operation on the cones which make up the rotating end of the Hughes rock bit." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "The Kearney and Trecker 4 spindle machine at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas. Ca. 1950s."

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Letter from W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas) to Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas), May 4, 1951

Date

1951-05-04

Archival Collection

Description

Mr. Johnson informing the city attorney that the land causing the mosquito problem was the four acre Stewart burial plot, and referred him to the Stewart heirs.

Text

Photograph of a section of the Flying Boat being moved from Culver City, California for assembly at Los Angeles Harbor, June, 1946

Date

1946-06

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose or Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946.

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Howard Cannon with members of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce: photographic print

Date

1980-08

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Handwritten on verso: "L to R: ?, ?, Tom Weisner, Cannon, Walt Casey, Mark Smith, Jim Marsh." Stamped on verso: "Las Vegas News Bureau Convention Center Las Vegas, NV. 89109"

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Melvin (and Howard), 1981

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection of Posters
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00852
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Posters
Box/Folder: Flat File 43

Archival Component

Cannon, Senator Howard (Nevada), 1982

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 031

Archival Component

Schwartz, Howard: magazine clippings, 1991

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Biographical Files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01049
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Biographical Files
Box/Folder: Box 07

Archival Component