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Photograph of St. Thomas, Nevada ruins and Lake Mead, circa July, 1938
Date
1938 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
The remains of a house in St. Thomas being covered by water.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Ruins of the town of St. Thomas as waters of Lake Mead rise."
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Police lined up ready for the start of the Howard Hughes parade, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938
Date
1938-08-20
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."
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Pile bridge at Milepost 7.71, St. Thomas Branch, will require new structure, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
New six span pile trestle was constructed immediately west of our present bridge, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Constructing bridge over new channel east of existing bridge east of Pomona, California, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Photograph of a crowd greeting Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people gathering to greet Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "17. Rail birds, part of crowd that waited all nite. International news. (Evening Herald)."
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Map of California and Territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1862
Date
1862
Description
Scale [ca. 1:3,231,360. 1 in. to approx. 51 miles] (W 125°00--W 103°30/N 42°00--N 31°45) ; 1 map : hand col. ; 40 x 60 cm., on sheet 46 x 68 cm ; Relief indicated by hachures and spot heights ; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C ; Decorative border ; Hand colored ; Atlas p. numbers in upper margin: 58-59 ; Date est. from territorial borders and county configuration ; Shows natural features, locations of Indian tribes, proposed railroad routes, routes of explorers, trails, county boundaries and populated places ; Johnson and Ward
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Map of California, with territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, 1864
Date
1864
Description
40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Page numbers at top: 58-59. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.
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