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Photograph of Ted Travers, North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce President, with a new bumper sticker promoting the city, North Las Vegas, Nevada, March 31, 1976

Date

1976-03-31

Description

North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce president Ted Travers puts a new North Las Vegas bumper sticker on a camper, March 3, 1976. The stickers were designed to promote North Las Vegas, Nevada's third largest city.

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00373

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

Film transparency of the outgoing President of Boulder City Jaycees congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1948

Date

1946 to 1950

Description

The outgoing President of the Boulder City Jaycees (William O. Burke) is congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan on the right. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chester Tyree in the foreground. Tyree, local Justice of Peace, served as Master of Ceremonies of the Banquet. Photo by Dick Lewis, circa 1948.

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Photograph of Jack Weiler and Dorothy Weiler in Boulder City (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Boulder City Ranger John R. "Jack" Weiler and daughter, Dorothy Weiler, in a hotel room at the Boulder City Hotel in Boulder City, 1970s.

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Map of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, 1855

Date

1855

Description

29 x 36 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Office of the U.S. for the Southern. Dist. of New York." Hand colored. Decorative border. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 67. Shows routes of explorers, proposed railroad routes, wagon route, mail route, Indian reserves and mines. On verso: History and statistical view of Mexico. Original publisher: J.H. Colton.

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Photograph of Sun Dial Park in Boulder City (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Sun Dial Park, with Cherry Lane apartments in the background, Boulder City, 1970s.

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Photograph of people atop a tower awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people, possibly including reporters and members of the press, standing atop a tower as they wait for the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.

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Photograph of the Nevada Governor's Mansion, Carson City (Nev.), 1961

Date

1961

Archival Collection

Description

The east exterior of the Nevada Governor's Mansion, on Mountain Street, Carson City, Nevada. Site Name: Nevada Governor's Mansion (Carson City, Nevada) Street Address: 606 Mountain Street

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Slide of Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, May 6, 1932

Date

1932-05-06

Description

Black and white image of the Nevada Highway in Boulder City, as seen from the Administration Building.

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Photograph of a valley, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1930-1936

Date

1930 to 1936

Description

A high view looking down at a road coming from Boulder City near the Hoover Dam.

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