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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
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Photograph of a crowd greeting Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people gathering to greet Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "17. Rail birds, part of crowd that waited all nite. International news. (Evening Herald)."
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1940
Date
1931 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Boulder City.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Boulder City.
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "General view of end of the record breaking flight... 7/14/38."
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Photograph of Billiards Fountain Service and Boulder City Company Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933
Date
1933-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
The grayscale view of a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada. On this unidentified street a dispersed crowd of people gather around the Billiards Fountain Service building on the left side of the road, while on the right a string of automobiles can be seen sitting in front of the Boulder City Company Stores building. Transcribed onto the left building's sign: "Billiards Fountain Service." Transcribed onto the right building's sign: "Boulder City Co. Stores."
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Boulder City, Nevada, 1932-1952
Level of Description
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of Boulder City, Nevada from 1932 to 1952, including photographs of schools, children, construction projects, and architectural sketches.
Archival Collection
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933
Date
1933-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
The grayscale view from an unidentified park of Boulder City, Nevada. The Boulder Dam Theater building can be seen on the far right.
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End: This airplane view records the end of Howard Hughes' history-making dash around the world in three days, nineteen hours. To the right of the Administration Building at Floyd Bennett Field, Long Island, New York, can be seen the globe-girdling monoplane surrounded by a ring of policemen. The foreground provides an accurate idea of the size of the crowd which stormed the field to welcome home the fliers. Credit Line (ACME)."
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