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Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of town hall, Alamo (Nev.), 1910s - 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of people atop a tower awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Press release announcing Howard Hughes' purchase of the Sands Hotel
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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Archival Collection
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and W.D. "Jim" Guthrive at Roosevent Field, New York, July 18, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Hugh H. Brown Papers
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The Hugh Henry Brown Papers consist of professional and personal papers (1902-1927) from Hugh Henry Brown, who was a lawyer in Tonopah, Nevada. The professional communication focuses on Brown's law practice dealing primarily with mining and railroad companies in Central Nevada. The papers also contain receipts from purchases made by Brown or his wife, Marjorie Moore Brown.
Archival Collection
A sidewalk leads to the North Las Vegas City Hall, looking north in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.
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Langham Hotel menu, Tuesday, July 31, 1883
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Archival Collection
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Hughes Aircraft HK-1 or Flying Boat wing assembly being completed in a hangar in Hughes's factory in Culver City, California, approximately 1942-1946
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component