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Jay Franklin Benjamin won a $5.7 million Megabucks slot machine jackpot at the Stardust while in town from Texas with his wife. All segments include interview with the winner, and his plans for how to use the money include purchasing a house in Las Vegas a car for his son. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
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Exterior elevations for the concert hall and drama theater on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, including a connecting courtyard. These buildings would become the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall and the Judy Bayley Theatre. Sheet 6 of 35. "Drawn by G.T. Checked by K.D. Job number 6828. Scale 1/16" = 1'-0". Date Nov. 5, 1969"
Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Address: 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
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