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Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, image 001: postcard

Date

1979 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall located in Las Vegas, Nevada off of Boulder Highway.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes and two men, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Howard Hughes (rt.)with two other unidentified men inside the Hughes Tool Co. factory in Houston.

Image

Photograph of York Equipment Convention, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1945-1955

Date

1945 to 1955

Description

Host at York Equipment Convention showcasing new machinery.

Image

#03602: Hughes, M, 1979 June 08

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00388-01
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Sales material for the Granada model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 A residential home, called "The Granada," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15A-3-L and 15A-1-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Sales material for the Valencia model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 B residential home, called "The Valencia," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15B-3-R and 15B-2-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Sales material for the Conquistador model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 C residential home called "The Conquistador," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15C-1-L and 15C-2-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

Text

Photograph of Howard Hughes in France, July 11, 1938

Date

1938-07-11

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes being surrounded by crowds and the press in front of his Lockheed 14 aircraft.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes in Chicago, July 29, 1938

Date

1938-07-29

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Chicago crowd greeting Howard Hughes when he arrived there."

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Photograph of crowds at parade for Howard Hughes, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of crowds and the press at a parade for Howard Hughes celebrating the flyer's completion of his Round-The-World trip in Chicago.

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