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Postcard of Ye Kings Rest Auto Court, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1936-1938
Date
1936 to 1938
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard of Ye Kings Rest Auto Court, auto court meaning motel. Inside, they have refrigerated air conditioning.
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Photograph of the Chief Autel Court motel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1938-1940s
Date
1938 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Chief Autel Court Motel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The motel was owned by Harold Stocker.
Image
Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938
Date
1938-08-02
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."
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Photograph of Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Home, Los Angeles, Cal. --- Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw (left to right) as they rode through the crowd-packed streets of Los Angeles during the reception -- one of the greatest and wildest the city had ever seen -- as Hughes and his four daring companions on his World-Flight arrived in the city. Credit Line (ACME). 8/2/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Howard Hughes Was Welcomed to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal. -- Mayor Frank L. Shaw of Los Angeles, Howard Hughes, Will Hays, "Czar" of the movies, and Governor Frank Merriam of California (left to right) are pictured at the luncheon in the Biltmore Hotel which followed the wild ovation for Hughes and his four companions on his record-smashing world flight as they arrived in Los Angeles from their triumph from the East. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938
Date
1938-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lily Pons, Beverly Hills, California, November 8, 1938
Date
1938-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
Lily Pons (left), Howard Hughes (center), and an unidentified man (right) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "Noted flier and his hostess at cocktail party Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, noted flier, with Lily Pons, singing star, as he attended the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LOND PAR."
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Telegram from W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 18, 1938
Date
1938-06-18
Archival Collection
Description
Jeffers, having read a Las Vegas Review-Journal article about the water shortage in Las Vegas, asks Bracken to advise on possible rates revisions for those using evaporative water coolers.
Text
New artist auditions schedule, 1978
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00227
Collection Name: Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
Box/Folder: Box 05
Collection Name: Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), reconstruction and additions, plot plan for the new 6 story addition, October 18, 1960
Date
1960-10-18
Archival Collection
Description
Plan for reconstruction and additions for the New Frontier in 1960.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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