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Golden Nugget (Atlantic City, New Jersey) training manuals, approximately 1980 to 1989

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals
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Collection Number: MS-01184
Collection Name: Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals
Box/Folder: Box 06, Box 07

Archival Component

Aid to New York City. Contains memo to HWC from Aubrey, 1975 December

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 03 (Las Vegas files)

Archival Component

Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 002

Date

1945

Description

Along with the information is this card entitled "Record Breaker." It reads: "First product of Hughes Aircraft Company was Howard Hughes' uniquely designed H-1. Experts said it was farther ahead of its time than any plane built since the Wright brothers'. In 1935 Hughes flew the H-1 to a world's land plane speed record of 352 mph, many years before any military pursuit planes attained this speed, and in 1937 Hughes flew the H-1 from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours, 28 minutes, a record which stood for eight years. The H-1 was the first plane with a smooth metal surface, leading edge air duct intakes, jet thrust exhaust, bell-shaped cowling, drooping ailerons, and the first to have a power-driven retractable landing gear. -0- "

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a crowd with the Hughes XH-17, October 23, 1952

Date

1952-10-23

Description

Howard Hughes (second from left) standing under the blade of the XH-17, Flying Crane with L-R: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters; Gale. J. Moore, Pilot; Chal Bowen?, Flight Engineer/Co-Pilot; unidentified pilot. Photographers are seen in the foreground.

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Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00329

Abstract

The Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (1986) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints and conceptual sketches of the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The photographs depict casino patrons in various locations throughout the Showboat, and the sketches show exterior and interior designs.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes sitting on a bed.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes being photographed in the passenger seat of a car.

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Photograph of proposed new senior housing, North Las Vegas, February 15, 1981

Date

1981-02-15

Description

An artist's rendering of proposed senior housing. Second from left is North Las Vegas Councilman Ron Lurie. Others in the photograph are not identified.

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Playboy Casino (Atlantic City, New Jersey) training manuals, approximately 1980 to 1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01184
Collection Name: Joan Kane Collection of Casino Training Manuals
Box/Folder: Box 07, Box 08, Box 09, Box 10

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man inside an automobile.

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