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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
Identifier
MS-00693
Abstract
The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Photo album with publicity photographs of Howard Hughes and Hughes aircraft and clippings about technical drawings of Hughes aircraft, 1940s-1980
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
David Rea Collection of Howard Hughes Publicity Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00400
Collection Name: David Rea Collection of Howard Hughes Publicity Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: David Rea Collection of Howard Hughes Publicity Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, June 12, 1946
Date
1946-06-12
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."
Image
Leon Hughes, son of John R. Hughes, on the Pahrump Ranch, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes at his desk, circa 1947
Date
1947 to 1948
Archival Collection
Description
Howard hughes seated at his desk.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Chicago Municipal Airport, Chicago, May 14, 1936
Date
1936-05-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes surrounded by unidentified people at the Chicago Municipal Airport. Printed on a paper included with the photograph: "Millionaire Speed King. Howard Hughes, Multimillionaire movie producer and speed flyer, at the Chicago Municipal Airport preparing for a flight to Los Angeles, Calif., in which he hopes to set a new speed record. Credit Line (ACME) 5/14/36."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes in France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes speaking into a mike at Paris before leaving for Moscow on the second leg of his round the world flight 7-12-1938"
Image
Goodman, Jack. Jackpot Jamboree: slot-machine gamblers in Nevada, New York Times Magazine, 1948 August 15
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 10
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 10
Archival Component
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards
Date
1997 to 2000
Archival Collection
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
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