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Howard Hughes walking with Jesse Jones and Harold Brayman, President of the National Press Club, 1938 July 15

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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 13

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1937

Date

1937

Description

Howard Hughes alighting from a Stinson Reliant SR-9 aircraft.

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00373

Abstract

The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, July 4, 1938

Date

1938-07-04

Description

Howard Hughes being greeted by Grover Whalen at either Floyd Bennett Field or Holmes Airport.

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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Description

The Excalibur hotel and casino is seen across Tropicana Avenue from the reflecting pool in front of the New York New York hotel and casino.

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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Description

The Excalibur hotel and casino is seen across Tropicana Avenue from the reflecting pool in front of the New York New York hotel and casino.

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Howard Cannon with a Cub Scout troop: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs

Identifier

PH-00321

Abstract

The Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs contain black-and-white photographs of businessman and entrepreneur Howard Hughes and his companies from 1916 to 1997. The photographs primarily depict Hughes alongside his aircraft, including the XF-11 prototype reconnaissance plane and the HK-1 Hercules, better known as the "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat." The photographs also cover the companies owned by Hughes, including Hughes Tool Company, Hughes Aircraft Company, Hughes Electronics Corporation, and RKO Pictures.

Archival Collection

Coleen York Wilson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03272

Abstract

Oral history interview with Coleen York Wilson conducted by Claytee D. White on June 4, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Wilson talks about growing up in Fordyce, Arkansas before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 at the age of eighteen. She mentions that her parents had moved to Nevada in 1940 to work at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI), living in a trailer before returning to Fordyce two years later. She then discusses moving to Las Vegas to join an older sister and relates that she did not remember any discrimination in seating or eating meals during her bus trip. After this, Wilson lists the jobs she held in Las Vegas before her retirement in 1984, including work at the Las Vegas Cleaners, serving as a school crossing guard, and working as a housekeeping supervisor at the Stardust Resort Hotel, the Hacienda Resort Hotel, and Circus Circus Hotel and Casino before taking a job at the Nevada Test Site. She also talks about her family, her church activities, and her regret at not attending college.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes sitting at a dining table.

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