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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Silver City Bowl: Carson City, Nevada, 1960 September 26
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: James B. McDaniel Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 175
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: New York City Firefighters Hockey Team FDNY, Fire And Hockey Sticks; Back: New York City Firefighters Hockey Team FDNY, Fire and Hockey Sticks; Handwritten Text: In Memory Of Ray Downey, approximately 2001-2012
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Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 252
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Northeast view of Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print
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Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
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The collection is comprised of city council meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and other materials spanning 1907 to 1918 that document the incorporation of the city of Searchlight, Nevada. Included in this collection is a bound ledger containing city council meeting minutes from January 1908 to December 1911; the Articles of Incorporation for Searchlight and the Official Act of Incorporation for Searchlight, Nevada; and correspondence and other records documenting the establishment of Searchlight as an incorporated city, establishment of a municipal election to elect public officials, and the separation of Searchlight from Lincoln County and the establishment of Clark County, which was made official in 1909 by act of the Nevada Legislature.
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Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-late 1930s
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Workers from the Hoover Dam in the Anderson Brothers Dining Hall, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1931-1936
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew in Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
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