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Days Inn Town Hall Casino: postcard

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

Town Hall Casino, (a Days Inn property), near the Strip in Las Vegas. (n.d.) There is a map on the back of the brochure.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Washington, D. C., July 21, 1938

Date

1938-07-21

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes Guest at National Press Club. Washington, D. C. -- Howard Hughes, multi-millionaire round-the-world flyer is pictured as he spoke at the National Press Club here, July 21st, where he and his four companions were guests at a luncheon of the club. Hughes and the members of his crew on the flight visited Washington to personally thank Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his assistance in the clearing of their plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/21/38."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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Leon Hughes, son of Pahrump Ranch owner John R. Hughes, in front of the "old motel" located on the Pahrump Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. Hughes believes the motel was constructed around 1920 by the Pahrump Valley Company, under the ownership of Isodore Dockweiler, to house Dockweiler and his associates when they visited the ranch. It featured a screened porch, one bathroom, running water, a flush toilet, a kitchen, and four bedrooms. The "motel" burned down in the early 1940s.

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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign

Identifier

MS-00693

Abstract

The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.

Archival Collection

Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards

Date

1979 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being prepared for a test run in Long Beach, California.

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

An overhead view of a car carrying Howard Hughes and others at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

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