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Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner in Seattle, Washington, 1938 July 07

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17

Archival Component

Harry Hall oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00770

Abstract

Oral history interview with Harry Hall conducted by Dennis McBride on June 20, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Hall discusses how the hope of work on the dam encouraged his move to Nevada with his mother and stepfather. He then talks at some length about living in a tent in Ragtown, the various illegal bootlegging establishments along the dirt road running between Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, and working on the dam. He continues talking about working conditions, the heat, and the labor strike at the dam in August, 1931.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.: Howard Hughes, Constantin A. Dumansky, Counselor of the Soviet Embassy; General Oscar Westover; Jesse Jones; and Chairman of the R.F.C. and Count De Saint-Quentin, the French Ambassador, 1938 July 21

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13

Archival Component

Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 002

Date

1945

Description

Along with the information is this card entitled "Record Breaker." It reads: "First product of Hughes Aircraft Company was Howard Hughes' uniquely designed H-1. Experts said it was farther ahead of its time than any plane built since the Wright brothers'. In 1935 Hughes flew the H-1 to a world's land plane speed record of 352 mph, many years before any military pursuit planes attained this speed, and in 1937 Hughes flew the H-1 from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours, 28 minutes, a record which stood for eight years. The H-1 was the first plane with a smooth metal surface, leading edge air duct intakes, jet thrust exhaust, bell-shaped cowling, drooping ailerons, and the first to have a power-driven retractable landing gear. -0- "

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Susan Hall: photographic print

Date

1979 (year approximate) to 1982 (year approximate)

Description

Susan Hall, daughter of Kathy Ledford Hall.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1937

Date

1937

Description

Howard Hughes alighting from a Stinson Reliant SR-9 aircraft.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes sitting at a dining table.

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New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection

Identifier

MS-00459

Abstract

The New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection consists of materials from the "Heroes of 9-11" display that was at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2001 to 2012. The materials primarily consist of more than 5,000 t-shirts left at the memorial by visitors to Las Vegas, mostly from fire departments and law enforcement agencies from around the United States. Visitors left shirts and other items at the memorial as a sign of respect for the men and women who died during the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001. The collection also houses memorabilia and other items left at the memorial, including flags, hats, pins, buttons, flowers, and embroidered emblems and insignias. The materials also contain documentation of the memorial, including promotional and press materials, video recordings from the news media, photographs, and newspaper articles.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes being photographed in the passenger seat of a car.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

The black and white, skyline view of New York City with the Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground.

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