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Photograph of a crowd watching Howard Hughes boarding an airliner, circa July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938 July 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933
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Archival Collection
Description
Text
Association of Motion Picture Producers, Incorporated, New York, New York censorship edits requested, 1933 May 22 to 1933 July 26
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 056 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
T-Shirt Color: White; Front: New York City, New York City; Handwritten Text: We Will Never Forget, God Bless NYC, approximately 2001-2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 21
Archival Component
Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Wilbur and Toni Clark at a formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York City, 1958
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Shauna Hughes oral history interviews
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Abstract
Oral history interviews with Shauna Hughes conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 31, 2016 and October 11, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Hughes discusses her early life in New York and later moving to Ohio. She talks about attending John Carroll University, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Hughes recalls being appointed Henderson City Attorney, the early development of Green Valley, and the rapid growth of that area. Hughes then describes the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion in 1988. In the second interview, Hughes discusses her work as Henderson City Attorney. She describes collaborating with elected city officials, the development of the Galleria Mall, and the establishment of Nevada State College (NSC). Lastly, Hughes talks about community support for new infrastructure in Henderson.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the first XF-11, Culver City, California, 1946
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
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Archival Collection
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