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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, July 4, 1938

Date

1938-07-04

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

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Howard Hughes being greeted by Grover Whalen at either Floyd Bennett Field or Holmes Airport.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Description

Aerial view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft being towed before takeoff.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

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The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on back of photograph: "July 14, 1938: Tired and bearded, Howard Hughes was surrounded as he left his plane at the municipal airport (World-Chamberlain Field) to secure weather information before leaving Minneapolis to complete his record-breaking around-the-world flight-- the fastest flight ever made in circumnavigating the globe. Photo-courtesy "The Minneapolis Star" Board of Park Commissions 325 City Hall Minneapolis, Minn."

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Leo Dunbar, Harry Hall, Carl Merrill, Mary Ann Merrill, and Harold Wadman oral history interview

OH-02080

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Oral history interview with Leo Dunbar, Harry Hall, Harold Wadman, Carl Merrill, and Mary Ann Merrill conducted by Dennis McBride on June 24, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. The interviewees discuss their early lives and families, moving to Nevada, and starting work on the Hoover Dam. They recall memories of living in Boulder City, Nevada during the Great Depression and beyond, and share information about the construction of the dam and the city as well as personal stories about their lives in Southern Nevada.

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