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Caesar's Boardwalk Regency Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

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Caesar's Boardwalk Regency Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)

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Photograph of Fleming and Ida Hubbard at J. C. Penney convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

Fleming Ballew Hubbard and Ida Mae Conklin Hubbard, seated next to turned up chair, with other unidentified people at a J. C. Penney Convention held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Photograph of airplane controls, July 9, 1938

Date

1938-07-09

Description

A close up of the control board in a Howard Hughes plane, likely the Lockheed L-14 Super Electra.

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Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming

Identifier

MS-00104

Abstract

The Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming documents the gaming industry in the United States from 1966 to 2010. The collection includes manuscripts, periodicals, newspaper articles, ephemera, profit and probability profiles and a report from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission.

Archival Collection

Manhattan from across East River and Long Island City, New York: panoramic photograph

Date

1981-05-25

Archival Collection

Description

From the Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs

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T-Shirt Color: White; Front: Buffalo Police, Buffalo; Back: "Let Them Never Be Forgotten" America's Bravest And Finest September 11th 2001, Fire Department City Of New York, Police Department City Of New York, Dept. Emblems, New York City And American Flag, approximately 2001-2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 238

Archival Component

Postcard of Hank Monk, 1859 - 1938

Date

1859 to 1938

Description

A commemorative postcard for Hank Monk. The front of the postcard includes a portrait photograph of Monk, a photograph of "the old stage coach," and a photograph of a plaque on the Raffles Hotel in Placerville, California. The plaque reads: "To remember Hank Monk, the world's greatest reinsman who drove Horace Greeley from Carson City to here in 1859, making the 109 miles in 10 hours. Dedicated by E Clampus Vitus April 30, 1938."

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New York City trip. Includes correspondence, invitations and copy of speech, 1972 April 13

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (Trips)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.

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