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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hercules Rolls Across Pontoon Bridge, Long Beach, Calif. -- The 220-foot, 60-ton fuselage-full, last section of Howard Hughes' $20,000,000 Flying Boat rolls across tricky pontoon bridge in Long Beach to complete a 28-mile trip to assembly dock at Terminal Island, Calif. The air giant is expected to try its wings early next year. Credit Line (ACME) NY."
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Photograph of Hughes Racer landing after historic flight, Newark (N.J.), January 19, 1937
Date
1937-01-19
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes' plane landing after historic flight. Inscription with image reads: "Hughes Racer landing at Newark Airport after breaking coast-to-coast record 27 sec. - distance 2490 mi. - average speed 332 mph. (This bettered his previous record by 2 hours.) Newark, New Jersey."
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Photograph of the Hughes rock drill bit type R-1, circa 1945-1955
Date
1945 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
A close-up of a hard formation rock bit type R-1, the engineering marvel on which the hughes fortune was founded.
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Dr. Halle Hewetson (left), Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1904
Archival Collection
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Temporary hospital and the first in Las Vegas erected by the Railroad Company in late 1904, on the site occupied to-day by the Union Plaza Hotel. Tall man to the left is Dr. Halle Hewetson."
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Photograph of people in front of Boulder City school, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932
Date
1932
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified group of people in front of a Boulder City school in Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of Boulder City Co Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Image of store fronts in Boulder City, inclduing Boulder City Co Stores
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Photograph of the Boulder City Co. Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Shop fronts in Boulder City, with the Boulder City Co. Stores building in the middle.
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Photograph of Maude Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, circa 1957
Date
1950 to 1960
Archival Collection
Description
Construction foreman and Mr. Robert Poolman, university engineer, at Maude Frazier Hall construction site at Nevada Southern University (NSU).
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View of Boulder City: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified individual looks out towards Boulder City in the early 1930s.
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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Provo City, Utah to John M Bunker, Logan City, Utah
Date
1894-01-27
Archival Collection
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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