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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

A view of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: ""Just one more shot' Floyd Bennett Airport-- A corps of cameramen on the run in an effort to get just one more shot of Howard Hughes. As the millionaire flier left the field in an automobile, shortly after he and his four companions landed, ending their dramatic round-the-world dash. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"

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Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938

Date

1938-03-02

Description

Selected pages from a photographic record book of the damage to the main rail line from California to Utah from a 1938 storm. Text accompanying photos include description of track location.

Text

Invitation to the Golden Anniversary Open House, 1148 South Second West, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1970 May 14-15

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Corporate Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00403
Collection Name: Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Corporate Records
Box/Folder: Box 10

Archival Component

Black History Week invitations from the City of Las Vegas

Date

1997-01-14 to 1997-01-09

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

Text

"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's railroad tracks that had been damaged during floods in February and March of 1938 in Southern California and Southern Nevada, including by the Los Angeles Flood of 1938. The photographs primarily depict washed out tracks, damaged bridges, and debris.

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas, 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

A view of the advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas.

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Photograph of Lake Mead submerging the town of St. Thomas, June 1938

Date

1938-06

Archival Collection

Description

An adobe home in St. Thomas surrounded by water.

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Photograph of a sleeping shed and reservoir in Corn Creek, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1938 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Reservoir and sleeping sled in Corn Creek, Nevada

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Resevoir (sic) and sleeping shed"

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