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Howard Hughes sitting in the Northrop Gamma Racer in New York after setting new Miami-New York speed record, 1936 April 21
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Howard Hughes and crew in parade up Broadway after record-breaking around-the-world flight New York, New York, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City Rotary Club, circa 1907-1950s
Date
1907 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified members of the Boulder City Rotary Club posing in what is most likely Boulder City, Nevada. The front of the image is signed, "Best Wishes, Ed."
Image
Photograph of hangar at Boulder City Airport, circa 1931-1935
Date
1931 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a hangar built by the U.S. Navy at the Boulder City Airport.
Image
Photograph of Fortification Hill, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Fortification Hill. Clouds are in the sky above and Lake Mead's water can be seen below. Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Slide of downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s to 1940s
Date
1936 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A general view of Downtown Boulder City.
Image
Photograph of high school construction, Boulder City, Nevada, 1949
Date
1949
Archival Collection
Description
Beginning of Boulder City High School.
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Photograph of high school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial of Boulder City High School.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938
Date
1938-08-20
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."
Image
Photograph of buildings at Camp Williston, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Buildings at Camp Williston in Boulder City, Nevada.
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