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Taylour Tedder (Boulder City, City Manager) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript

Date

2022-07-20

Description

From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Government agency interviews file.

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Photograph of the interior of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947

Date

1947-10-31

Description

Men working inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo: "Inside the Boat: Shown in a view looking toward the tail of the Hughes Flying Boat, the man is dwarfed by the giant interior of the airplane."

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Postcard of Boulder City (Nev), 1931

Date

1931

Description

Illustration of Boulder City, in which many houses and neighborhoods can be seen. The caption reads: "Boulder City, Nevada. A model city built to house the workmen engaged on the Boulder Dam [later known as the Hoover Dam] Project."

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Photograph of Sunday music matinees at Grant Hall, Las Vegas, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Sunday music matinees held for the public at Grant Hall and foyer of the gym. From left to right: Lou Pressman - 1st violin; Mrs. Pressman; Robert Spokany - 2nd violin; William Gromko - viola; Mrs. Gromko; Mrs. Pacey; Joseph Pacey - cello.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. "Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: A scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world flight. 7-14-38 (Press Association)."

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Photograph of a jet plane designed by Howard Hughes, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A plane, designed by Howard Hughes, parked on a field with a group of people in the foreground. The plane is numbered, CF-EJO-X, and it is an Avro Canada Jetline.

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Pinball Hall of Fame (Las Vegas): digital photographs, 2010 March 27

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Hughes Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00402
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of Terminal Island with the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947

Date

1947-10-31

Description

An aerial view of Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, showing Hughes Aircraft Company and the industrialization of the area.

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Photograph of Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, circa 1956

Date

1956

Description

The Frazier Hall as it nears completion for the Nevada Southern University.

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Photograph of a man working at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard formation. Howard Hughes' father invented the rock bit in 1908 and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his fabulous industrial empire in motion pictures, air transportation, aeronautical research and design, aircraft manufacture, electronics, armament and brewing."

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