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Parade procession celebrating Howard Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Parade procession celebrating Howard Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Henderson West-City Hall Annex, Henderson, Nevada, 1978
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert Beckmann Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 02
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North Las Vegas City Hall, 1966 December 02
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 44
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Shauna Hughes oral history interviews
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Abstract
Oral history interviews with Shauna Hughes conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 31, 2016 and October 11, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Hughes discusses her early life in New York and later moving to Ohio. She talks about attending John Carroll University, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Hughes recalls being appointed Henderson City Attorney, the early development of Green Valley, and the rapid growth of that area. Hughes then describes the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion in 1988. In the second interview, Hughes discusses her work as Henderson City Attorney. She describes collaborating with elected city officials, the development of the Galleria Mall, and the establishment of Nevada State College (NSC). Lastly, Hughes talks about community support for new infrastructure in Henderson.
Archival Collection
Photograph of a grinding slab metate at the Lost City, Clark County, before 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Grinding slab metate at the Lost City with numerous holes
Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve Los City, Nevada. Holes and stones were used to grind grains, etc. (Credit: W.A. Davis); 'Gypsum Cave, bedrock mortars near cave' - W.A. Davis
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Settlement statements for The Outlaw, advice of credit, National City Bank of New York, New York, approximately 1946 to 1949
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 247 (Restrictions apply)
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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
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes speaking to the press, Culver City, California, July 30, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes climbing into the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
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Archival Collection
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