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The Gateway to Las Vegas from Boulder City, image 001: photographic print
Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Fremont Street with Union Pacific Railroad Depot and depot park at end of street. Inscription with the image reads, "The arch was built to welcome Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur to Las Vegas. He came to town for the ceremony of driving to the silver spike for the railroad branch from Las Vegas to Boulder City, September 17, 1930. Governor Balzar declared to carry spectators and notables to Braken, juction 7 miles south of Las Vegas on the SLC-LA line. "
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Photograph of workers in a post office, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of people working at a post office located at 1005 Arizona Street in Boulder City. The post office was first opened in 1931 by James L. Finney and was located within the municipal building, which has since been changed to a police station.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes sitting with two unidentified men in the back of a car, likely being driven to a New York hotel, after landing the Lockheed 14 at Floyd Bennett Field.
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Photograph of people waiting for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's arrival, Boulder City, Nevada, October 02, 1967
Date
1967-10-02
Archival Collection
Description
A group of people gathered together for the arrival of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Boulder City Airport in Boulder City, Nevada. Individual Creators credit goes to W. D. Knighton Photo in Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Hughes waves to cheering million. New York City--- Clean-shaven once more, Howard Hughes smiles his gratitude to the millions of New Yorkers who showered him with ticker-tape and torn paper--New York's own accolade, as paraded up Broadway, followed by his companions in the carbehind in the greatest reception since Lindbergh's. On the left is Grover Whalen, head of the New York World's Fair, 1939, and on the right, Al Lodwick, manager of the round-the-world record smashing flight. Credit Line (ACME) 7/15/38."
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Film transparency of downtown and the Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940
Date
1932 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view of downtown Boulder City and the Nevada Highway. The Boulder City Fire Department building is standing on the left side of the road, while the Terminal Building that includes the Union Bus Terminal service and Boulder Cafe is standing on the right. At the end of the street lies the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building.
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Film transparency of the outgoing President of Boulder City Jaycees congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1948
Date
1946 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
The outgoing President of the Boulder City Jaycees (William O. Burke) is congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan on the right. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chester Tyree in the foreground. Tyree, local Justice of Peace, served as Master of Ceremonies of the Banquet. Photo by Dick Lewis, circa 1948.
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Photograph of crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11, Culver City, California, July 07, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of the near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11 in Culver City, California.
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Photograph of crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11, Culver City, California, July 07, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of the near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11 in Culver City, California.
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