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Film transparency of Recreation Tavern, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the front entrance of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987
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Archival Collection
Description
Front entrance to the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Photograph of state legislature, Carson City (Nev.), circa 1943
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Archival Collection
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
View of Virginia City, Nevada: photographic print
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Description
Photograph of Lake Mead and Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
The rising water of Lake Mead damages a pit and dwelling of the Lost City restoration.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve:"1939- Water of rising Lake Mead seeps through and undermines restored pit and dwelling of Lost City."
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Photograph of Boulder City High School gym, November 06, 1951
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Archival Collection
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