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Photograph of Reservoir, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1937 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The reservoir and sleeping shed at Corn Creek Ranch.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 landing in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes landing at Fairbanks 8:18 p.m. after flight from Moscow in 12 hrs., 17 mins. - distance 2457 mi. Distance flown from New York: 11, 188 mi. Elapsed time from New York, 72 hrs., 58 min. Flight time, 54 hrs., 39 min."

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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign

Identifier

MS-00693

Abstract

The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.

Archival Collection

Days Inn Town Hall Casino: postcard

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

Town Hall Casino, (a Days Inn property), near the Strip in Las Vegas. (n.d.) There is a map on the back of the brochure.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards

Date

1979 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)

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The City Centre Plaza sign on the corner of North McDaniel Street and Civic Center Drive with City Hall in background, looking northwest in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2019 February 06

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Allison and Hugh Wallace oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01906

Abstract

Oral history interview with Allison and Hugh Wallace conducted by Claytee D. White on March 17, 2006 for the Hurricane Katrina Survivors in Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, the Wallaces relate their upbringing, families, and educational attainments. Later, they talk about their experiences with Hurricane Katrina, evacuating and then returning to find their neighborhood overrun with looters and their home severely damaged by the flooding. They discuss the extreme difficulty they faced finding money and resources as they faced loss of employment, housing, and access to their bank accounts. They also describe the emergency relief efforts of various state, national, and federal agencies. Finally, they relate that these difficulties led to their decision to move to Las Vegas, Nevada and comment on the difficulty of maintaining contact with friends and colleagues who also left Louisiana.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes in Seattle, Washington, July 5, 1939

Date

1939-07-05

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes on a mystery shrouded visit to Seattle. Photo shows him near the tail of a Stratoliner."

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Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, June 12, 1946

Date

1946-06-12

Description

Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."

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