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Photograph of airplane controls, circa 1930s-1950s

Date

1930 to 1959

Description

The navigation and power controls inside an unidentified plane, possibly the Lockheed L-14 Super Electra aircraft.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 airplane, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1939

Description

Lockheed 14 airplane outside a hangar.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Flying Boat's controls, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947-11-01

Description

Howard Hughes at the controls of the Flying Boat, November 1, 1947, prior to its first taxi tests in the Los Angeles Harbor.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 in Lake Mead, 1943

Date

1943

Description

A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 plane crash in Lake Mead.

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Photograph of Sands Copa girls standing behind a couple getting married, Las Vegas, circa 1953

Date

1952 to 1954

Archival Collection

Description

A young couple gets married backstage at the Sands Copa Room with a group of costumed Copa Girls standing behind them. Also pictured is Jack Entratter to the far right.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Ad campaign poster, your wildest dreams weren't wild enough, Las Vegas, circa 1997

Date

1996 to 1998

Description

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority 22"x 28" poster with caption, "Your Wildest Dreams Weren't Wild Enough." Also reads "Las Vegas: Open 24 Hours." Includes color photograph of showgirls from the Jubilee! production.

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Photograph of the Copa Girls onstage in white dresses, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Five Copa Girls wearing white formal dresses with full skirts, long white gloves and tiaras pose onstage on a staircase behind a celestial-styled backdrop, while another Copa Girl in a white ballet costume, with short tutu, dances in front of them.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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