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Photograph of Parker Dam, circa 1938-1940s
Date
1938 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Parker Dam on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Parker Dam is commonly referred to as "the deepest dam in the world" because 73% of the dam's structural height is positioned below the original river bed. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes emerging with an unidentified man from the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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Gil Blonsley, Howard Cannon, and James Bilbray, Sr.: photographic print
Date
1971-02-10
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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The Gateway to Las Vegas from Boulder City, depicting the Union Pacific Railroad Depot, reproduction from approximately 1938 to 1945: photographic print and negative, 1982
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Alicia Lawrence Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00149
Collection Name: Alicia Lawrence Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-023
Collection Name: Alicia Lawrence Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-023
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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Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas), April 17, 1951
Date
1951-04-17
Archival Collection
Description
The irrigation practices on the Las Vegas Ranch were being blamed for the mosquito problem in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was being asked to address it.
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Portrait painting of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
The official portrait painting of Howard Hughes. In 1998, Russ Stevenson presented the painting, along with many of his other Hughes Airwest files and memoirs, to the Special Collections Library of the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Howard Cannon with two unidentified women: photographic print
Date
1981-02
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Howard Cannon with two unidentified people: photographic print
Date
1981-02
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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