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Photograph of an aerial view of Squires Park and City Hall, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1952
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Archival Collection
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Harry Hall oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Harry Hall conducted by Dennis McBride on June 20, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Hall discusses how the hope of work on the dam encouraged his move to Nevada with his mother and stepfather. He then talks at some length about living in a tent in Ragtown, the various illegal bootlegging establishments along the dirt road running between Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, and working on the dam. He continues talking about working conditions, the heat, and the labor strike at the dam in August, 1931.
Archival Collection
Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Howard Hughes standing in the doorway of his plane at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Unidentified men in the interior of Howard Hughes's Flying Boat prior to initial water taxi tests to be conducted with Hughes at the controls, 1947 November 02
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Hughes talking with an engineer at the rear of the flight deck of Hughes Flying Boat at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947 November 02
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Archival Component
Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
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Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
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Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component
Howard Hughes after being asked about his controversial XF-11 reconnaissance plane by U.S. Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California, 1947 August 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component