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Dick Graves' The Nugget Round House Dining Room (Carson City, NV): menu, 1955 July 18

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
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Collection Number: MS-01093
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 06

Archival Component

Remarks before the students at the Goddard Space Flight Center [15 July 1971], 1971 July 15 to 1971 July 20

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (Speeches)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of attendees at the World's Fair in New York. Description printed on back of photograph: "Saving Hughes from hero-worshippers. New York - Howard Hughes surrounded by police as he was escorted from his monoplane shortly after landing Floyd Bennett Field. 7/14/38"

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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

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: ""The End of Hughes' Record-Smashing World Flight, New York City: Howard hughes' giant Lockheed taxiing down the runway at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14, at the end of the record-smashing flight around the world. The plane came to a rest at the field with Hughes and his picked crew of four just 3 days, 19 hours, and 14 minutes after it had taken off from the field on its flight around the world. Credit line (ACME). 7/14/38. IA For.""

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Transcript of interview with Jack Bullock by Julie Domonkos, March 15, 1981

Date

1981-03-15

Description

Julie Domonkos interviews Jack Bullock, born 1916 in Gorman, Texas, in his home about his experiences living in Southern Nevada. Bullock talks mostly about his occupations in the gaming industry, some of which included being a dealer both in Las Vegas and other cities. Bullock also describes how Las Vegas and particularly the Las Vegas Strip have changed over the years since the forties when he arrived until 1981, when this interview was conducted. Bullock discusses what it was like working in casinos prior to corporations entering the gaming industry, and he mentions how entertainment has changed over time as well. Bullock’s wife Marjorie is also present during the interview and can be heard providing input on certain questions.

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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and crew in parade up Broadway after record-breaking world flight. New York, New York."

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: The City Of Oklahoma City Fire Dept., City Seal; Back: Oklahoma City Fire Rescue; Handwritten Text: To All The Fallen Heroes - Nick & Keeton 607, approximately 2001-2012

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File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 183

Archival Component

Photograph of Nevada's Lost City, circa 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A black and white photograph of an unidentified person sitting in the "Lost City" Pueblo Grande de Nevada, which is located near Overton, Nevada.

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Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply

Identifier

MS-00055

Abstract

The Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply (1927-1940) include correspondence, resolutions, petitions, application for a permit, and newspaper clippings. The records concern water shortages in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada due in part to wasteful water usage and many of the documents refer to City Ordinance No. 247. Several items are signed by Walter R. Bracken, Vice President and Agent of the Company, and A. M. Folger, Assistant Agent.

Archival Collection

Photograph of City Library, Las Vegas, circa 1945

Date

1944 to 1946

Description

Handwritten description on back of image: "City library on courthouse square J.P. office outside, 1943, Las Vegas City Library, 1943."

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