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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes standing in between two unidentified individuals at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

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National Restaurant Association 36th Annual Banquet, Palmer House, Chicago, New York: photographic print, 1955 May 12

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

Archival Component

Map showing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Region 3 projects in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, September 1967

Date

1967-09

Description

'United States, Department of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall, Secretary. Bureau of Reclamation, Floyd E. Dominy, Commissioner.' 'Map. No. X-300-738. September 1967.' Scale [ca. 1:1,774,080] (W 119°--W 108°/N 39°--N 32°). Relief shown pictorially. Shows completed, under construction and proposed dams and reservoirs, canals, and aqueducts, power plants, pumping plants, substations, transmission lines, tunnels and siphons. Also shows non-Bureau of Reclamation dams, reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines and irrigated lands. Includes inset map of location of Region 3 and key map of drainage basins. Bureau of Reclamation, [Region 3?].

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Photograph of Hughes XF-11 in flight, April 4, 1947

Date

1947-04-04

Description

Date stamped on back of photo: April 3, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES FLIES DUPLICATE OF CRASH PLANE CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, today test-piloted the plane pictured here, a duplicate of the XF-11 photo-reconnaissance ship which he nearly lost his life in an accident last July 7. He designed and built the plane for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers. He has recovered from the injuries sustained last year when the freak propeller trouble dashed the original XF-11 to earth. As usual, he today took personal responsibility for the first test flight of the new plane." The actual flying date is April 4, 1947.

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Landscaping in front of the former North Las Vegas City Hall building with new City Hall building in background in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-06

Description

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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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa late 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes and unidentified men surrounded by crowds.

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Resorts International Hotel/Casino-Atlantic City, New Jersey, transportation, 1983 August 12

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

#70458: Hannah Birch, alumna of the year for Greenspun College of Urban Affairs taken September 3, 2015 in New York., 2015 September 08

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at a crowd during a parade held for Hughes.

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