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Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
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North Las Vegas City Hall, 1966 December 02
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 44
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Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933
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Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Scope and Contents
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
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Shauna Hughes oral history interviews
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Abstract
Oral history interviews with Shauna Hughes conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 31, 2016 and October 11, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Hughes discusses her early life in New York and later moving to Ohio. She talks about attending John Carroll University, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Hughes recalls being appointed Henderson City Attorney, the early development of Green Valley, and the rapid growth of that area. Hughes then describes the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion in 1988. In the second interview, Hughes discusses her work as Henderson City Attorney. She describes collaborating with elected city officials, the development of the Galleria Mall, and the establishment of Nevada State College (NSC). Lastly, Hughes talks about community support for new infrastructure in Henderson.
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Photograph of Wilbur and Toni Clark at a formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York City, 1958
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the first XF-11, Culver City, California, 1946
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Archival Collection
Description
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Howard Hughes emerging from his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Flat File 01
Archival Component
#65744: Various Campus Scenes - Wright Hall, Beam Hall, Student Union, Barrick Museum, 2007 July 02
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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