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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Virginia City, Nevada.
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Carson City Public School, Carson City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
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Collection Number: PH-00094
Collection Name: William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
City of Las Vegas: city permits and correspondence, 1979-1980
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00227
Collection Name: Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City High School athletic stadium, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951
Date
1950 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of a completed Boulder City High School athletic stadium in Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of workmen completing the final arrangements for the test of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
The interior of the 219-foot long hull of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, on the day of the craft's initial water taxi tests. The picture was taken from the center section of the 400,000 pound aircraft. Workmen were completing the final arrangements for the test in the background.
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Slide of the Virginia City historic marker, Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of a historic marker for tourists to take a picture with. The sign has "Virginia City-Queen of the Comstock" inscribed on it with details about the Comstock Lode, which was "the largest body of precious metals ever discovered on Earth."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes with Lockheed-14 plane, Le Bourget, France, July 11, 1938
Date
1938-07-11
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd at Le Bourget Field in France, in front of a Lockheed-14, July 11, 1938. Le Bourget (Airport : Le Bourget, France)
Image
Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1959-03-06
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Taken on March 10, 1954.
Image
Photograph of Hughes Tool Company Derrick, Houston Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release: "HUGHES TEST DERRICK This 118-foot field-size oil derrick tower above a block-long laboratory in Houston, Texas, where the Hughes Tool Company simulates every drilling condition in the world in order to produce tough, long-lasting drill bits for the oil industry. Rock bits are responsible for tapping of deep oil fields where today 90 per cent of the world's oil is found."
Image
Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938
Date
1938-08-02
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."
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