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Photograph of mechanics with the Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Larry Sampson on November 28, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Kirk-Hughes relates her birth and upbringing in Simmersport, Louisiana, becoming a teen mother, earning a GED and earning her first college degree before marrying and moving to Greece and Dubai. She then explains how she returned to the United States to earn her masters degree before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She discusses her second marriage, her decision to attend law school, and her decision to go into private practice instead of working for a law firm. She talks about cases she worked on, people in the community she knew, and the effects of discrimination on her work and career. She ends by talking about her third marriage and sharing thoughts on how the Las Vegas African American community has lost some of the cohesiveness and unity of earlier decades.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa mid to late 1940s
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Archival Collection
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Workers unloading transport trucks in front of Anderson Mess Hall and dormitories, Cherry Street, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1932-1936
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes out for dinner, circa 1937
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, Washington, D.C., August 1947
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Archival Collection
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New York office expenses, 1928 to 1930
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 072 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Hughes XF-11 photographs, 1946-1947
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of the Hughes XF-11 prototype military reconnaissance aircraft. Howard Hughes piloted the two XF-11 prototypes built: in July 1946, Hughes crashed the first XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California; in April 1947, Hughes successfully flew the second prototype at high speeds and at high altitudes. However, the United States Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and in August of 1947, Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee in the U.S. Senate about the failures of the program.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Hughes XF-11 in flight, April 4, 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
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T-Shirt Color: Black; Front: Port Authority Police PBA, New York, New Jersey, 9-11-01, Dept. Emblem, Dept. Badge, New York City And American Flag; Back: Port Authority Police PBA New York New Jersey (List Of Names) Never Forget!, approximately 2001-2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 184
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