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"New Mad Tom" by Heyden, 1799

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of 18th Century Sheet Music
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Collection Number: MS-01059
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of 18th Century Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01

Archival Component

Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Scene at Floyd Bennett Airport this evening shortly before the big Lockheed special monoplane New York World's Fair 1939 took off on a transatlantic flight to Paris, carrying Howard Hughes an a crew of four."

Image

Photograph of Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes (center) with California Governor Frank Merriam (left) and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw in Los Angeles, California.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes on ladder under the XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Transcribed from press release attached to photo: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers.

Image

Howard Cannon seated in aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland: photographic print

Date

1959 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official United States Air Force Photograph - Anderson AFB Washington 25, D.C."

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Three women at at booth for world peace in New Zealand: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

Three women at a "booth" representing New Zealand at the World Peace Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark 1986.

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