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Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, approximately 1970-1979
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00225
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005
Archival Component
Magazines with articles about Howard Hughes, 1947-1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 47, Box 48
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 47, Box 48
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hercules Rolls Across Pontoon Bridge, Long Beach, Calif. -- The 220-foot, 60-ton fuselage-full, last section of Howard Hughes' $20,000,000 Flying Boat rolls across tricky pontoon bridge in Long Beach to complete a 28-mile trip to assembly dock at Terminal Island, Calif. The air giant is expected to try its wings early next year. Credit Line (ACME) NY."
Image
Photograph of people at Hughes Executive Terminal, Las Vegas, 1972
Date
1972
Archival Collection
Description
Description provided with image: "Temporary customs operation set up at Hughes Executive Terminal in Las Vegas In San Francisco by Scandinavian Airlines to process foreign passengers from 128 countries, here to attend the American Mining Congress. Las Vegas was designated an International Port of Entry in 1972.
Image
Photograph of Hughes Racer landing after historic flight, Newark (N.J.), January 19, 1937
Date
1937-01-19
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes' plane landing after historic flight. Inscription with image reads: "Hughes Racer landing at Newark Airport after breaking coast-to-coast record 27 sec. - distance 2490 mi. - average speed 332 mph. (This bettered his previous record by 2 hours.) Newark, New Jersey."
Image
Photograph of the Hughes rock drill bit type R-1, circa 1945-1955
Date
1945 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
A close-up of a hard formation rock bit type R-1, the engineering marvel on which the hughes fortune was founded.
Image
Dr. Halle Hewetson (left), Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1904
Archival Collection
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Temporary hospital and the first in Las Vegas erected by the Railroad Company in late 1904, on the site occupied to-day by the Union Plaza Hotel. Tall man to the left is Dr. Halle Hewetson."
Image
Letter from H. H. Larson (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1938
Date
1938-08-26
Archival Collection
Description
Larson asking Bracken if it was still the policy of the company to not sell water to an institution like the Railroad Pass Casino.
Text
Photograph of people in front of Boulder City school, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932
Date
1932
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified group of people in front of a Boulder City school in Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of Boulder City Co Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Image of store fronts in Boulder City, inclduing Boulder City Co Stores
Image