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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Hughes's streamlined Stratoliner for another record-breaking transcontinental flight from Glendale, California, to New York, 1939 August 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 18
Archival Component
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.
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A sidewalk leads to the North Las Vegas City Hall, looking north in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.
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New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards
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Archival Collection
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Hughes Aircraft HK-1 or Flying Boat wing assembly being completed in a hangar in Hughes's factory in Culver City, California, approximately 1942-1946
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), June 21, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
List of wells owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the amount of water granted to each.
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Map of the city of Las Vegas, 1953
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Description
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Newspaper clippings and photographs about the National Hadassah Convention held in New York City, 1965
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Newspaper clipping, At NYC Convention, The Las Vegas Sun, August 13, 1965; Photograph of Rose Rich, Fran Cohen and Neva Schwartz at banquet honoring Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Nelson Rockefeller; Photograph of Lillian Heller, Ella Wohl, Fran Cohen, Ethel Lasobnick, Rose Rich and Reva Schwartz at Region Award Party; Photograph of Hadassah members boarding TWA flight