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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1961

Date

1961-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes exiting his Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing the final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Telling the world about the record-smashing flight. New York City--Under the giant wing of the huge Lockheed plane, radio men set up their microphones so that Howard Hughes and his gallant crew of four can send a few words of greeting to the world over the air waves after landing at Floyd Bennett Field on their record-smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947 to 1948

Description

Howard Hughes, possibly right before or after the April 4, 1947 flight of the second XF-11 prototype.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' XF-11, California, circa 1946

Date

1946

Description

A view of Howard Hughes sitting in his XF-11 near Culver City, California.

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Frazier Hall: photographic print

Date

1978 (year approximate)

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 001

Date

1945

Description

Top view of the Hughes H-1 Racer with an X painted over its R registration number on its starboard wing. The registration number NX 258Y is seen on the rudder.

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