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New York New York hotel and casino and MGM Grand sign reflected in water, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2016-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
Incorporating iconic New York symbolism with commercial architecture, the New York New York hotel and casino along the Las Vegas Strip presents an "only in Vegas" tourist attraction complete with a Statue of Liberty replica, seen here reflected in the water surrounding the feature. Also seen is the MGM Grand hotel and casino's massive sign situated along Las Vegas Boulevard.
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New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1997
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bill Willard Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00333
Collection Name: Bill Willard Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Bill Willard Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Las Vegas Strip and construction of the New York, New York Hotel-Casino, 1990s
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00382
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 26
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 26
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes in Wichita, Kansas, July 4, 1938
Date
1938-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes after landing at Wichita, Kansas on the first part of a flight to New York.
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New York Times articles: photographic slide
Date
1960-05-06
Archival Collection
Description
From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). From Slides #1550 through 1557. Newspaper title text: “Soviet Downs American Plane; U.S. Says It Was Weather Craft; Khrushchev Sees Summit Blow.”
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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes exiting his Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing the final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "World fliers greeted on arrival. Floyd Bennett Airport--- Minutes after he and his companions set their plane down here, completing a dramatic dash around the world, Howard Hughes, wearing the same battered hat, his face covered by a heavy stubble, stepped from the plane, to be greeted by Mayor La Guardia, in the photo are, left to right: Ed Lund, flight mechanic, Howard Hughes, Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Harry P. M. Connor, navigator, and Mayor La Guardia. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
Date
1936-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sitting on a bed.
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Transcript of interview with Howard Dreitzer by David Schwartz, June 04, 2015
Date
2015-06-04
Archival Collection
Description
Interviewed by David Schwartz. Howard Dreitzer grew up in Miami. He came to Las Vegas in 1974 and went to dealer school on the GI Bill. Howard starting in gaming dealing craps at the Nevada Club and worked at several casinos downtown. Then he became a box and floor man at the Flamingo Hilton. Howard moved to Atlantic City and was a pit boss and later a shift manager at several casinos there. Then he worked at the Harrahs New Orleans Casino & Hotel until it went bankrupt. Howard was hired by the Hilton and worked at the Jupiter Casino and other properties in Australia, then was hired by Seminole Gaming in Florida to set up table games at various properties. Subjects: Nevada Club, California Club, Mint, Flamingo, Frontier, Sands AC, Golden Nugget AC, Golden Nugget LV, Trump Plaza, Showboat AC, Harrah's New Orleans, Conrad Jupiters, Seminole Gaming
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man inside an automobile.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his plane, January 1936
Date
1936-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes posing in the cockpit of his plane, probably the Northrop Gamma Racer.
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