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Water Supply, Requirements, and Costs Reports: for various locations, 1938 to 1950
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00181
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
Image
Postcard of the Museum of Memories, Virginia City (Nev.), January 3, 1938
Date
1938-01-03
Description
Front of the postcard. Museum of Memories Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription says: "Read the "Drama of Comstock". 15 cents a copy."
Image
Postcard of the Museum of Memories, Virginia City (Nev.), January 3, 1938
Date
1938-01-03
Description
Back of the postcard. Some of the wording is not readable. It looks like the postcard was sent to a woman, Miss Stewart of California, from Paul Smith.
Image
Photograph of a section of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes after hearing, Culver City, California, August 15, 1947
Date
1947-08-15
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Tired Hughes Returns Home, Culver City, Cal. : Rubbing his tired eyes, Howard Hughes talks with reporters at an informal press conference at his plant in Culver City after his return flight from Washington. He said the hearings in which he participated were fair, and said the press and public made it "Impossible for Brewster to continue his Gestapo methods". Credit (ACME) 8/15/47."
Image
Photograph of crowd witnessing the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. Notice workers raising the power lines so the fuselage could pass underneath.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes at the controls of his Flying Boat. Los Angeles Harbor is currenly known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
Image
Photograph of HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat, on Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
The HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat (with the number NX37602 on tail visible) in the water on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
Image
Social Security Act of 1936 and Railroad Retirement Act, 1938-1951
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 150 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 150 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component