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Las Vegas Valley as seen from the City View Trail above Sun City MacDonald Ranch, Henderson, Nevada
Date
2016-09-14
Archival Collection
Description
Images of the Las Vegas Valley as seen from City View Trail above the Sun City MacDonald Ranch neighborhood of Henderson, Nevada.
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Las Vegas Valley as seen from the City View Trail above Sun City MacDonald Ranch, Henderson, Nevada
Date
2016-09-14
Archival Collection
Description
Images of the Las Vegas Valley as seen from City View Trail above the Sun City MacDonald Ranch neighborhood of Henderson, Nevada.
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Boulder City looking northeast: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
Boulder City, Nevada in the distance of the desert, looking northeast. Illegible text handwritten on verso.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a press conference beside his Douglas DC-3, New York, April, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.
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Postcard of the Grant party at mines in Virginia City, Nevada, October 28, 1879
Date
1879-10-28
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard of the Grant Party at the mines in Virginia City, Nevada October 28, 1879. The people in the photo are identified on the postcard as: Mr. J.W. Mackay, Mrs. M.G. Gillette, Mr. U.S. Grant Jr., Mrs. U.S. Grant, General U.S. Grant, S. Yamada, Mrs. J.G. Fair, Governor J.H. Kinkead, and Colonel J.G. Fair. The postcard is stamped July 1, 1930 in Carson City, Nevada. The postcard's inscription reads, "Hello Pals, saw Mary and Glenn yesterday, they both are fine. Hope you are both well and doing a big business. Regards to family, Busher." It was addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Stocker Las Vegas, Nevada Northern Hotel.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, December 15, 1933-June, 1934
Date
1933 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of houses from the water tank in Boulder City. This photo was taken between December 15, 1933 and June, 1934. Buildings that can be seen include City Hall (left), the Boulder Theater building (center), the Boulder Dam Hotel (right), and the Terminal Building with the Boulder Cafe (right).
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Penguin Restaurant flag mounted pylon sign, Carson City, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior views of Penguin Restaurant in Carson City, NV during the day.
Penguin
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Photograph of relics from Buried City, Clark County, Nevada, circa 1920s-1940s
Date
1920 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Arrowheads and relics from Buried City, Clark County, Nevada. Mounted by J. Perkins."
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Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Hughes Airport in Culver City, now Playa Vista, California. This private airport was owned by Howard Hughes and used for projects of the Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Tool Company. Lincoln Boulevard can be seen in the foreground, and on the left are Jefferson Boulevard and Ballona Creek.
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Photograph a crowd awaiting watching Howard Hughes land, New York, July 14, 2013
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view Mayor Laguardia and Grover Whelen watched Howard Hughes land in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Mayor Laguardia (left) and Grover Whelen looking skyward as they see the approaching Howard Hughes and his globe girdlers complete A Round The World flight, 7-24-38. (Press Association)."
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