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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
#68171: Construction continues on the UNLV Mendenhall Basketball practice facility July 15, 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2011 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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New York: Volberg, Rachel A., "Gambling and Problem Gambling in New York: A 10-Year Replication Survey, 1986 to 1996" report, 1996 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 15
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First prototype of the XF-11, flown by Howard Hughes, taking off, 1946 July 07
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 09
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Transcript of interview with Mary E. Habbart by Pamela Larkins, July 15, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
On July 15, 1975, Pamela Larkins interviewed Mary E. Habbart (born 1897 in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Habbart’s personal family history and her family’s reasons for moving to Las Vegas. Habbart also describes social and economic changes to Las Vegas and her local dairy farm.
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Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and Eldorado Club at night, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029
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B-roll footage for Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada advertisements: video, 1984 July 26
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Scope and Contents
B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Jesse Jones, Howard Hughes, Harold Brayman leaving the State Department, 1938 July 21
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Hughes Aircraft; Howard Hughes and Aviation, Roots of Hughes, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
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Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the 1939 New York World's Fair by Grover Whalen, 1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
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