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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936
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Howard Hughes receives congratulations from New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at Floyd Bennett Airport in Brooklyn, New York; also featured is Grover Whalen, 1938 July 12
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1946
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Hugh Shirkey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh Shirkey conducted by Patricia van Betten on February 04, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shirkey discusses his personal history and arriving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1950. He talks about his employment at the Blue Diamond Mine as an electrician. Shirkey describes what life was like at the village as a single worker, the development of the mining plant, how the plant was managed, and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Lastly, Shirkey recalls moving to Las Vegas and retiring from the mining plant.
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Howard Hughes in New York after making a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask, 1938 August 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Tungsten Mineralization at Oreana, Nevada report by Paul F. Kerr, 1938 June to 1938 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Box 06
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