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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), December 11, 1951
Date
1951-12-11
Archival Collection
Description
Shamberger advised the Water District to purchase the lands surrounding the Las Vegas Springs as well as other springs and wells in the area to protect its water sources in the future.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with an engineer in Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
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 (now known as Long Beach).
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Plat of H.F.M & M addition to city of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, comprising the west 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 Sec. 27, Twp. 20 S., R. 61 E., M.D.B & M, March 8, 1924
Date
1924-03-08
Description
Blue-line print ; 74 x 36 cm on sheet 79 x 61 cm. Survey was competed on March 8, 1924. Signed by the owners of the piece of property for the addition Roy W. Martin, Forest R. Mildren, William E. Ferron, and A. W. Ham, signed by the surveyor J.T. McWilliams, and notarized on March 31, 1924. Approved by the Board of City Commissioners and signed by the major W. C. German and by Florence S. Doherty, city clerk, on April 1, 1924. Recorded in Book 1 of plats, page 47. Includes township and range grid.
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Howard Hughes warming up the first XF-11 prototype, 1946 July 07
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes and other unidentified men surrounded by crowds.
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Las Vegas city and desert scenes, 1938 February 14-March 25
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Photograph of the Lockheed 14 landing in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' plane landing at Fairbanks, Alaska, on flight around the world. 7/15/1938"
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Pasadena, California - City of Pasadena (Municipal Light and Power Dept.), 1938-1944
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
Archival Component
Photograph of mechanics with the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of mechanics working on the Lockheed 14 aircraft. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Filling up the take with gasoline on Howard Hughes' plane in preparation for a take-off for Paris. At Floyd Bennett Field. July 1938."
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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)."
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