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Hughes, Mark. Island of Art in a Sea of Neon, Sundancer, 1978 December

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "New York reception for Howard Hughes and his four companions after they completed a round the world flight. 7/15/38."

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Photograph of construction around the Flying Boat, Long Beach Harbor, California, July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Construction around Howard Hughes' Flying Boat at Long Beach Harbor, California. Date stamped on back of photo.

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Casino Marketing Conference: booklet, 2007 July 17 to 2007 July 19

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
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Collection Number: MS-00916
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
Box/Folder: Box 04

Archival Component

Photograph of the Lockheed 14 landing in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' plane landing at Fairbanks, Alaska, on flight around the world. 7/15/1938"

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Kaku Makino and Julie Kano oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03749

Abstract

Oral history interview with Kaku Makino and Julie Kano conducted by Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Stefani Evans on March 22, 2021 for the Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Makino discusses his early life in Tokyo, Japan and becoming a chef. He recalls arriving to the United States in 1989, establishing the Todai (now Makino Sushi & Seafood Buffet) restaurant chain, and opening nineteen locations in California, Florida, and in Hawaii. Kano talks about her upbringing in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan and describes Japan during the Meiji era. She remembers arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 and the cultural change she experienced. Lastly, Makino and Kano discuss the restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Archival Collection

Cunard, R.M.S. Laconia, menu, 1928 July 11 to 1928 July 14

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00436
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 89

Archival Component

Leisure Industry Cruise Industry - Intelligence Reports, 2002 July to 2003 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Merrill Lynch & Bear Stearns Reports
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Collection Number: MS-01060
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Merrill Lynch & Bear Stearns Reports
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."

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Photograph of the Hughes flight training school, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.

Date

1965 to 1969

Description

The public entrance of the Hughes Flight Training School is on the left. The door at right leads into the auxiliary hangar area. Tonopah Highway is in the foreground. North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.

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