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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 01, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes At Controls Of Sky Giant For Taxi Tests - Long Beach, Cal. : Howard Hughes, millionaire plane builder, flyer and movie maker, is shown at the controls of the world's largest flying boat prior to taking the 400,000-pound craft out for taxi tests on Los Angeles Harbor. The plane, which figured in the Senate investigation of Hughes' wartime activities last summer, is 219 feet long with a wingspan of 320 feet. It was launched today, but will not be air tested until next spring. Shortly after this photo was made it was announced that taxi tests had been postponed. 11/1/47."
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Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948
Date
1948-08-23
Archival Collection
Description
Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.
Text
Slide of Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall and Judy Bayley Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Southern exteriors of Artemus Ham Concert Hall (left) and Judy Bayley Theatre (right), University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Lawn and shrubbery are covered with snow.
Image
Photograph of CCC Camp, Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Entrance to CCC Camp on Mt. Charleston.
Image
Photograph of Worts' cabin at Mt. Charleston, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A cabin sits below Cathedral Rock's peak, with snow in ther upper left of the image.
Image
Hughes Film, Columbia Pictures, 1971 January
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
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Collection Number: MS-00417
Collection Name: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
Box/Folder: Box 34
Collection Name: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
Box/Folder: Box 34
Archival Component
Waters of Lake Mead rise to base of Lost City Restorations, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Proceedings, memoranda, and charts of the Committee of Fourteen and the Committee of Sixteen, 1938-1944
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Colorado River Commission of Nevada Reference Library Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00427
Collection Name: Colorado River Commission of Nevada Reference Library Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00
Collection Name: Colorado River Commission of Nevada Reference Library Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00
Archival Component
Taylor, Frank J. Rich Man's Refuge, Colliers, 1938 February 19
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 09
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 09
Archival Component