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Lee Pete interview, 1999 July 03 to 1999 July 31
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories
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Collection Number: MS-00907
Collection Name: Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 01, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 01, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, returning from its historic test flight, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed press release from back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free off Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor immediately after its launching yesterday. The plane's vertical stabilizer tip rides about 80 feet above the water as the air giant floats for the first time. With Hughes at the controls, the colossal craft will get first water taxi tests today."
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2007 March and July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters
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Collection Number: MS-00737
Collection Name: Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
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