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Photograph of cotton being discharged at Lazy 88 Ranch, Pahrump, NV, circa 1954

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of cotton picker discharging cotton into trailer at Lazy 88 Ranch, which is owned by Dorothy Dorothy.

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Biographical essay about Ben Lesser, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Bejamin Lesser escaped Poland to temporary safety in Hungary in 1943. He was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and other concentration camps. He survived and was liberated from Dachau in 1945.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946

Date

1946-06-15

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. Date stamped on back of photo.

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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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News segments about the Stratosphere Tower expansion: video

Date

1991-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

Channel 3 and Channel 8 news segments about how the FAA and McCarran airport say the planned tower for Bob Stupak's Vegas is too high and can cause potential airway collisions. News segment also features clips from a Vegas World press conference with Stupak and renditions of the planned tower. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

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Biographical essay about Stephen Nasser, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Stephen Nasser's family was forced into a ghetto in Hungary, and then sent to an internment camp in 1944. He was liberated from Muhldorf in 1945.

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Correspondence and press releases about Jack Entratter

Date

1955 to 1963

Description

Series II. Jack Entratter

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Photograph of the Little Church of the West from the Last Frontier Village being moved (Las Vegas), 1954

Date

1954

Description

The Little Church of the West being moved during renovations to the Last Frontier Village complex in 1954. The Last Frontier became the New Frontier after the renovations were complete.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Photograph of the Flying Boat being assembled at Long Beach Harbor, near Los Angeles, January 8, 1947

Date

1947-01-08

Description

Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being assembled at Long Beach Harbor. Date stamped on back of photo.

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