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New York New York hotel and casino reflected in water, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016 November 08

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

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New York New York hotel and casino reflected in water, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016 November 08

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat during its test flight, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Howard Hughes HK-1, Flying Boat, test flight in the Los Angeles Harbor with ships, boats and observation planes visible.

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Photograph of workmen moving the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat in Terminal Island at the Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947-11-01

Description

Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat towed by workmen with a capstan at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

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Galane, Morton, Howard Hughes in plane, 1971 July 28

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File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 15

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Hughes Aviation Services airport restaurant, 1974 October 29

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File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 15

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Barbara Tabach Collection on the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

Identifier

MS-00800

Abstract

The collection contains material collected by Barbara Tabach to document the final days of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada (2007). Included are brief oral history audio recordings and transcripts for approximately 50 individuals wo worked at or were customers of the New Frontier, as well as over 650 digital photographs of the people and the building. Also included is a digital video of the November 2007 implosion and a Las Vegas Sun newspaper clipping from September 1961 on the New Frontier.

Archival Collection

Slide of new graduates, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1982

Date

1982

Description

New graduates at UNLV commencement exercises.

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Photograph of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it returns from its test flight, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

A front view of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight, shown in the photo. The eight 3,000 horsepower engine lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. The huge wings, with a span of 320 feet carried the aircraft for one mile at a 100-mile per hour speed before Hughes put it back on the water.

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