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Atlantic City Convention Hall: postcards and opening day booklet, 1928

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Sonny Schwartz Recordings and Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00433
Collection Name: Sonny Schwartz Recordings and Papers
Box/Folder: Box 15

Archival Component

Photograph of people atop a tower awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people, possibly including reporters and members of the press, standing atop a tower as they wait for the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.

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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937

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Scope and Contents

Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat wing under construction, Culver City, California, June 1, 1945

Date

1945-06-01

Description

View of construction of one of the wings of the Hughes Flying Boat in a hangar at the Hughes Aircraft Company, June 1, 1945. Scaffolding is seen underneath the wing.

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"Las Vegas Town Hall, City Growth", 1997 February 03

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Item

Archival Collection

UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: UA-00098
Collection Name: UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 12

Archival Component

Photographs of crowds at Around-the-World-Flight Parade, New York City (N.Y.), July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Crowd at a parade in New York City celebrating the completion of Howard Hughes' Around-the-World Flight!

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Photograph of Wilbur Clark at a formal dinner, New York City, 1958

Date

1958

Archival Collection

Description

Wilbur Clark facing camera at round table, center at a formal dinner at the Astor Hotel, New York City, 1958. (credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC).

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Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Atlantic City, New Jersey

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File

Archival Collection

Nat Hart Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00419
Collection Name: Nat Hart Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of members of the Aeronautical Association awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes and his Lockheed 12 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Official timers of Aeronautical Association compare their precision chronometers as Lockheed-14 roars overhead, marking end of Round-the-World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport." Typed onto a second piece of paper also attached to the image: "Official timers of the Aeronautical Association shown at Floyd Bennett Field comparing their precision chronometers as Howard Hughes' plane roared overhead marking the end of his Flight Around The World. July 1938."

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Slide presentation from a hearing at a City Hall in Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-05

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Nevada Operations office off-site follow-up studies project scope. Collect & organize historical documents. Publish/make available previously unreleased or classified data. Make comprehensive assessment of radiation dose. Compile operating on/off site for each event."

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