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Photograph of Howard Hughes at his parade for Round the World flight, New York City, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Typed onto the back of the image: "New York welcomes Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes and Mayor La Guardia in car. 7/15/38."

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Photograph of U.S Navy planes at airport, Boulder City (Nev.), January 22, 1938

Date

1938-01-22

Description

Seventeen Navy planes landed at the airport in Boulder City, Nevada, "B.D.R.A. Jan. 22, 1938."

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Photograph of museum lobby, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938

Date

1938-01-10

Description

First floor of Boulder City Museum room, looking north. Door at the right leads to the administrative Offices. Door at the right leads outside.

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Postcard of the Museum of Memories, Virginia City (Nev.), January 3, 1938

Date

1938-01-03

Description

Back of the postcard. Some of the wording is not readable. It looks like the postcard was sent to a woman, Miss Stewart of California, from Paul Smith.

Image

Photograph of Lake Mead rising over Lost City, June 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

The restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away. This is a portion of the first house restored

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Lost City Restorations with rising Lake Mead in distance, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Photograph of museum basement corner, Boulder City, (Nev.), January 10, 1938

Date

1938-01-10

Description

East corner of basement in Boulder City Museum.

Image

Photograph of Boulder Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre exteriors, Boulder City, Nevada, circa winter 1938-1939

Date

1938 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Exteriors of the Boulder Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre covered with snow. Snow-covered automobiles are parked on Arizona Street, and the Boulder Dam Hotel and the Union Bus Terminal can be seen in the distance.

Image

Photograph of the Lost City site and Lake Mead, near Overton, Nevada, spring 1938

Date

1938

Description

Long shot of the Lost City site (Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada, with the northwest arm of Lake Mead in the distance. The area is near the ruins of St. Thomas, Nevada, another nearby extinct town, submerged by Lake Mead.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

The black and white, skyline view of New York City with Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground. Typed onto script included with the image: "Howard Hughes plane Lockheed 14 in flight over lower New York City. To right in the background can be seen New York City's three bridges of the lower East River from front to rear: the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge."

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