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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 06, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Description given with photo: "Brewster Testifies At Hughes Inquiry, Washington: Sen. Owen Brewster (R-Maine) testifies before the Senate War investigating subcommittee August 6th. Behind him are, left to right, Howard Hughes and his attorney, T.A. Slack, of the Howard Tool Company. Credit (ACME) 8-9-47."

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Photograph of Hughes XF-11 in flight, April 4, 1947

Date

1947-04-04

Description

Date stamped on back of photo: April 3, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES FLIES DUPLICATE OF CRASH PLANE CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, today test-piloted the plane pictured here, a duplicate of the XF-11 photo-reconnaissance ship which he nearly lost his life in an accident last July 7. He designed and built the plane for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers. He has recovered from the injuries sustained last year when the freak propeller trouble dashed the original XF-11 to earth. As usual, he today took personal responsibility for the first test flight of the new plane." The actual flying date is April 4, 1947.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 11, 1947

Date

1947-08-11

Description

Description given with photo: "Hughes Alone As Probers Recess Till Fall, Washington, D.C. - Plane builder Howard Hughes, above, sat alone in the normally jam-packed senate caucus room today after war investigating sub-committee chairman Homer Ferguson, (R) of Mich., announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November 17, 1947. Hughes, shown checking his private papers, wrathfully termed the postponement action by the sub-committee chairman as "ridiculous." -INP Photo by A.E. Scott- 8/11/47."

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Photograph of Richard Kirman, Nevada, circa 1935-1938

Date

1935 to 1938

Description

Nevada Governor Richard Kirman from 1935-1938.

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Photograph of Hughes in film lab, Image 001

Date

1946 to 1953

Description

Howard Hughes sits in a chair in front of a film editing desk. Behind the desk are shelves holding various reels of film. A film editing machine is seen on the desk. This first image shows Hughes without a mustache.

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Landscaping in front of the former North Las Vegas City Hall building with new City Hall building in background in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-06

Description

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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Geologic map of the northeast quarter of the Bullfrog 15-minute quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1990

Date

1990

Description

58 x 46 cm., on sheet 87 x 102 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 40 feet." "Base from U.S. Geological Survey 1:62,500. 1954." "Geology mapped in 1985 and 1988." Includes text, bibliography, 4 col. cross sections, and location and index maps. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Series: Miscellaneous investigations series, map I, Scale: 1:24 000.

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Las Vegas Age, Vol. 34, No. 43 (1938-10-28), page 15

File
Download 0537.jp2 (image/jp2; 4.49 MB)

Section

Section Two

Page

15

Digital ID

sn86076141_1938102801_015

Las Vegas Age, Vol. 34, No. 44 (1938-11-04), page 15

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Download 0561.jp2 (image/jp2; 4.42 MB)

Page

15

Digital ID

sn86076141_1938110401_015