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Proposal for incorporation of the city of Searchlight as a city of the third class from the City Incorporation Committee to the Lincoln County Board of County Commissioners, 1907 September 12
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a pageant, Lost City, Nevada, 1926
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Archival Collection
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1935-1945
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of the Hughes H-1 Racer aircraft from 1935 to 1945. 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 Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
"Vegasone.com" licensing of city name debate: video
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Archival Collection
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Local news anchors discuss the risks of licensing the "Las Vegas" name and seal to Australian online gaming website "Vegasone.com" and the recent pitch to Las Vegas City council; interview clips with various councilmembers include Oscar Goodman; all clips cite the potential financial gain for the city. Includes clip from Spanish news channel. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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Telegram from C. C. Larkin (Salt Lake City) to G. A. Cunningham (Salt Lake City), April 30, 1959
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Archival Collection
Description
Larkin had discovered that some people and businesses between Las Vegas and Lake Mead were being supplied with water from the railroad shop well. They needed to be advised that they now needed to make arrangements with the water district for their water.
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Java City Café, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 74
Archival Component
Photograph of business section, Boulder City, Nevada, 1940s
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of an aerial photo of Boulder City, Nevada, 1974
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of an aerial photo of Boulder City, Nevada, 1974
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Archival Collection
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