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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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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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Gould, Jack. Jack Benny or Jackpot, New York Times, 1948 August 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 13
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Unknown author. Better Bets, New York Times Magazine, 1976 November 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 14
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Howard Hughes getting out of cabin door of Lockheed-14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York, 1938 July 14
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Las Vegas Strip and construction of the New York, New York Casino, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), December 11, 1951
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Shamberger advised the Water District to purchase the lands surrounding the Las Vegas Springs as well as other springs and wells in the area to protect its water sources in the future.
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Hughes's streamlined Stratoliner for another record-breaking transcontinental flight from Glendale, California, to New York, 1939 August 30
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 18
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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), site plan, April 15, 1985
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Site plan for the 1985 construction of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Parchment copy.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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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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