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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

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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Riddle Yellow Cab and Scenic Tours Company rates and handwritten and typed informational notes, 1937-1938

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Archival Collection

Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Gonzales, Martin [3885/NSP-0081] Infamous crime against nature [beastiality] [Washoe County], 1938

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File

Archival Collection

Collection on Repeal of Nevada's Anti-Sodomy Law
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Collection Number: MS-00726
Collection Name: Collection on Repeal of Nevada's Anti-Sodomy Law
Box/Folder: Box 01

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View of administration building at Boulder Dam Recreation Area: photographic print and negative, 1938 March 31

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Item

Archival Collection

United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Basement museum room, showing north corner of room: photographic print and negative, 1938 January 10

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Item

Archival Collection

United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Ball, George, 213 No. 7th St.; 217 No. 7th St., 1938, 1940, 1947

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File

Archival Collection

Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
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Collection Number: MS-00177
Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Box 09

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Fireplace at the foot of Diana's Punch Bowl, Nye County, Nevada: photographic print, 1938 April 17

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File

Archival Collection

Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00105
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Fireplace at the foot of Diana's Punch Bowl, Nye County, Nevada: photographic print, 1938 April 17

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Archival Collection

Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00105
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03

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Staley family and home in Beatty, Nevada; El Portal Motel: photographic prints, approximately 1938 to 1944

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Archival Collection

Staley Family Photograph Collection on Beatty, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00415
Collection Name: Staley Family Photograph Collection on Beatty, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-049

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Two span frame trestle undamaged despite 100 feet of track washed out to the west, 1938

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File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01

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