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Mark Hall-Patton oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mark Hall-Patton conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 25, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hall-Patton discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993, creating the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and becoming a director for Clark County Museums in 2008, just when the economic downturn caused large layoffs and a drop in visitor numbers. He also talks about how joining the television show
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Parent and Excellence in Education Hall of Hall Award Ceremony, 1999
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Marzette Lewis Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14, July 10, 1938
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Photograph of radio operators, July 13, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1950s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s
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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.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, October 3, 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
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