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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 09, 1947

Date

1947-08-09

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Description

Description given with photo: "The Senator's Lady Is Sympathetic, Washington, D.C. - Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Senator from Florida, is shown shaking hands with Howard Hughes, millionaire plane-builder, as he emerged from the Senate War Investigating Committee hearing room after yesterday's session on the witness stand. Mrs. Pepper has been a constant spectator at the hearings. Standing beside Hughes is tome Slack, his counsel. Photo by G.B. Kress. 8/9/47.

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New York-New York - Entryway, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph

Date

2006

Archival Collection

Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs

Description

From the Thomas Schiff Panoramic Photographs (PH-00419).

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Portrait painting of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs

Description

The official portrait painting of Howard Hughes. In 1998, Russ Stevenson presented the painting, along with many of his other Hughes Airwest files and memoirs, to the Special Collections Library of the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

Description

The Excalibur hotel and casino is seen across Tropicana Avenue from the reflecting pool in front of the New York New York hotel and casino.

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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-11-08

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

Description

The Excalibur hotel and casino is seen across Tropicana Avenue from the reflecting pool in front of the New York New York hotel and casino.

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Sheehan, Robert. There's plenty of privacy left in private enterprise: The Hughes companies, Fortune 74(2), 1966 July 15

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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 08

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Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick, January 19, 1937

Date

1937-01-19

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes (left) and Albert Lodwick (right). Text printed on an accompanying strip of paper: "After Hughes' record breaking flight. Howard Hughes, sportsman pilot who flew from Los Angeles to Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 19, in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 27 seconds, knocking over 2 hours from his previous record, is shown at left as he discussed the flight with A. L. Lodwick at the latter's home in New York, January 19th. Credit Line (ACME) 1/19/37 NY LA."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs

Description

Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 400,000 pound Flying Boat just a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California. The aircraft was 219 feet long with a wing span of 320 feet.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947

Date

1947-08-08

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Description

Description given with photo: "Cogitation Concentration Jubilation, Washington, D.C. - Three interesting studies of plane-builder, movie-maker and headline-maker Howard Hughes as he returned to the witness stand before the Senate War Investigating Committee today to answer questions relating to his wartime plane-building contracts. During his testimony today, Hughes said he wishes to absolve shipbuilder Henry Kaiser from any criticism in connection with the 200-ton flying boat that is one of the issues in the current probe. Photograph by G.B. Kress. 8/8/47."

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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview

OH-03587

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Claytee D. White on April 28, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

In this interview, Geraldine Kirk-Hughes discusses her educational background, previous occupations, and her decision to attend law school in Reno, Nevada in 1984. Kirk-Hughes shares details of passing the bar exam in 1988, opening her one-woman law firm shortly thereafter, and her affiliation with the National Bar Association (NBA). She recalls how she met Charles Kellar, various cases she represented, and her experiences with racism both directed at herself and her clients of color.

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