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Photograph of Howard Hughes's airplane, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

A view of the front of one of Howard Hughes' planes.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's airplane, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

A view of the side of Howard Hughes' Boeing Stratoliner.

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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees at work, 1951

Date

1951

Description

Employees of Hughes Tool Company at work in 1951.

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Photograph of Hughes Racer landing after historic flight, Newark (N.J.), January 19, 1937

Date

1937-01-19

Description

Hughes' plane landing after historic flight. Inscription with image reads: "Hughes Racer landing at Newark Airport after breaking coast-to-coast record 27 sec. - distance 2490 mi. - average speed 332 mph. (This bettered his previous record by 2 hours.) Newark, New Jersey."

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Photograph of Etna, Lincoln County, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Black and white photo of Etna near Caliente on railroad, Lincoln County.

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Leon Hughes and his family in the Pahrump Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1954 to 1956

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family

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Photograph of worker in Hughes Machine Shop, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

The Hughes Laboratory machine shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool and joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for the Research, Product and Metallurgical Engineering departments. This includes building new designs, new mechanisms and new devices for preliminary testing.

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Sales material for the Granada model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 A residential home, called "The Granada," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15A-3-L and 15A-1-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Sales material for the Valencia model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 B residential home, called "The Valencia," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15B-3-R and 15B-2-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Sales material for the Conquistador model home in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967-1969

Date

1967 to 1969

Description

Sales material from the late 1960s for model no. 15 C residential home called "The Conquistador," in the El Encanto development, Las Vegas, Nevada. One side has an illustration of the front exterior elevation, a floor plan, and a list of features. The other side shows two alternate exterior elevation illustrations (15C-1-L and 15C-2-R). The price is handwritten. The development is located between Harmon and Tropicana Avenues (north and south) and Sandhill Rd. (west) and S. Lamb Blvd. (east).
Site Name: El Encanto (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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