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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 28, 1937

Date

1937-03-28

Description

The grayscale, aerial view of Boulder City, Nevada. The prominent road of Nevada Way can be seen passing through the little town with the great reservoir of Lake Mead residing in the background. Bits of the actual plane from which the photo was taken can be seen alongside the right border of the image.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 plane, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 the day before his second test run on the plane.

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Photograph of a small structure in Lost City, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

Description given with photograph: "Rooms (house 47) Lost City"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lockheed 14 airplane, July 5, 1938

Date

1938-07-05

Description

Howard Hughes exiting the Lockheed 14. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes, millionaire sportsman, leaving cabin of plane (Lockheed 14) at Wichita airport, after trip from coast to N.Y., where he's reported taking off for Europe. Credit Line (ACME)."

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Slide of an architectural drawing of Boulder City, Nevada, March 5, 1931

Date

1931-03-05

Description

A black and white image of architectural layout plans for Boulder City.

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Photograph of the Boulder City Library, Boulder City, Nevada, 1958

Date

1958

Description

Black and white image of a woman sitting in the librarian's office at the Boulder City Library, located in its new quarters on the top floor of the Municipal Building.

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Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975

Date

1975-04-15

Description

On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.

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Photograph of Hughes Airport, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Panam aircraft at Hughes Airport.

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View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking southwest: photographic print

Date

1955 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking southwest 1955(?).

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Howard Hughes and Edward Lund at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 19, 1937

Date

1937-01-19

Description

Howard Hughes and Edward Lund walking away from Hughes Racer in Newark Airport.

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