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Photograph of town hall, Alamo (Nev.), 1910s - 1930s
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Archival Collection
Description
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Lewis, Fred, Letizia & Lewis publicity with president at City Hall, 1989 March 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 29
Archival Component
Map of city of Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1, 1940
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Description
Image
Map of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1, 1946
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Description
Trust Company
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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Scope and Contents
Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Hughes Aircraft; Howard Hughes and Aviation, Roots of Hughes, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes examining machinery at the Hughes Tool Company, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of electronic equipment testing at Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1959
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
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 Howard Hughes and others with the Hughes XH-17 plane, circa 1952
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Archival Collection
Description
Image