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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947

Date

1947-11-01

Description

Description given with photo: "Poised For Trial Run, San Pedro, Calif.: Two engineers are dwarfed by the four right wing engines of Howard Hughes' mammoth plywood flying boat as the 200-tom craft is readied for taxi tests in Los Angeles harbor on November 1st. While completing taxi runs on the following day, Hughes casually lifted the big plane into the air for an unscheduled half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947

Date

1947-08-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Is Asked About His XF-11 By Senator! Culver City, Calif. - Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes, left, is asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane, background, by Senator Harry Cain, right, Republican of Washington. Cain is member of the Senate War Investigating Committee, and inspected Hughes craft after the plane builder had test flown the ship. An earlier model of same design nearly cost Hughes his life when it crashed in Beverly Hill last winter. Note wind-blown hair on both Pilot Hughes and observer Cain. Photo by Felix Pagel. 8/16/47."

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Pearl Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00907

Abstract

Oral history interview with Pearl Hughes conducted by Katherine D. Beal on February 11, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Hughes discusses her family's early arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salinas, California. Her family then bought and operated a motel in North Las Vegas, Nevada between the late 1940s to 1950. Hughes also discusses the growth of the hotel and casino industry, city urban development, community interactions, Las Vegas, Nevada celebrities, atomic testing, and President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Archival Collection

Blank mail order form and stock offer announcement letter from Patrick, Elliott, and Camp, Inc. of New York City, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08

Archival Component

D'Antonio, Michael. Atomic Harvest: Hanford and Lethal Toll of America's Nuclear Arsenal. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1983

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
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Collection Number: MS-00097
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: Box 9

Archival Component

Severud, Fred N. and Anthony F. Merrill. The Bomb Survival and You: Protection for People Buildings, and Equipment. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1954

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
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Collection Number: MS-00097
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: Box 1

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Advisory Commission on Racing in the 21st Century report to the Governor and Legislature of the State of New York on harness racing and thoroughbred purses, 1994

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 185

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Heinrich, H. W., "Industrial Accident Prevention: a Scientific Approach," 3rd edition, (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.), 1950

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Blue Diamond Mine Corporate Records
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Collection Number: MS-00505
Collection Name: Blue Diamond Mine Corporate Records
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

Photocopy of the 1995 New York Times article "Bridge Returns, Starting in the Schools" by Joyce Jones, approximately 1995 to 1997

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge
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Collection Number: MS-00899
Collection Name: Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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