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Aerial view of an unidentified airfield owned by Howard Hughes, possibly in Culver City, California, approximately 1940-1959
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977
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Archival Collection
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On February 23, 1977, collector Mark E. French interviewed local farmer, Francis E. Hughes (born March 9th, 1917 in Mesquite, Nevada) in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of the general lifestyle and culture in Mesquite. Mr. Hughes mother, Orilla Leavitt, was born in Bunkerville, Nevada. Members of Mr. Hughes’s family were amongst the first settlers in the Mesquite area.
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Photogrpah of the Howard Hughes H-1 Racer aircraft, circa 1937
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Le Music Hall
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Archival Collection
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Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- Americana Hotel: Puerto Rico -- Set design drawings by Winn Strickland
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Architectural drawing of residential home in Boulder City, Nevada, preliminary elevation, September 19, 1962
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Archival Collection
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Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of a ranch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada.
Architecture Period: Mid-Century ModernistImage
Slide of Archie C. Grant Hall and Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Earl Martyn in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Francis E. Hughes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Francis E. Hughes conducted by Mark E. French on February 23, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hughes discusses the general lifestyle, culture, and family members that were amongst the first settlers of the Mesquite, Nevada area.
Archival Collection