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Photograph of Elbert Edwards picking figs in St. Thomas, Nevada, June, 1938
Date
1938-06
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards picks figs from an orchard in St. Thomas, Nevada, while standing in the rising waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Elbert Edwards picking figs from an orchard in St. Thomas, Nevada as the rising waters of Lake Mead cover the town. (ca. 1938-39)"
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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
A back view of Howard Hughes Grover Whalen, and Al Lodwick riding in the back of an automobile and a crowd consisting of thousands of people who attended a parade that celebrated Howard Hughes completion of his flight round-the-world flight in New York City.
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Photograph of Sunderland Talmudical College study hall, 1950s
Description
David Torjman is at bottom left.
Photograph of Boulder City (Nev.), 1933
Date
1933
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic image of Boulder City, Nevada in 1933.
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Photograph of John S. Wright Hall interior, Nevada Southern University, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
The lecture hall/amphitheatre inside of John S. Wright Hall at the Nevada Southern University (NSU).
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' arrival, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of men assembling a truck loaded with old telephone booths for Howard Hughes arrival in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Telephone company "goes to town" for Hughes' arrival, New York City -- Something had to be done to take care of the thousands of potential telephone users who crowded Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, for the arrival of Howard Hughes and his daring crew on their dash Around the World, so the New York Telephone Company, well aware of the fact that the few phones at the field couldn't possibly accommodate, the officials, police, and spectators, "went to town" with a truck loaded with old telephone booths. A line was quickly strung and the phones in the booths on the truck were plugged in. The business was rushing and the phone company was well rewarded for its enterprise. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
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Kansas City buildlings, Kansas City, Missouri: panoramic photographs
Date
1982-10-02
Archival Collection
Description
From the Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
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Photograph of Dorothy and others at Frazier Hall, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1962
Date
1962
Archival Collection
Description
Inside Frazier Hall, UNLV's first building, Dorothy Dorothy points at the Frazier Hall Plaque. Dorothy is accompanied by Fritz Bell (left) and Corinne Johnson (right). Inscription with photo reads "Publicity pic for some political event. I am sure it was for the big meeting when the then-governor, Gov. Sawyer, appointed [Maude Frazier to be] Lt. Gov after Rex Bell died." [identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
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Film transparency of a locomotive train in Las Vegas, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of a Virginia & Truckee locomotive promoting C.B. DeMille's motion picture, "Union Pacific."
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Photograph of Cave Valley School, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1938.
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior of Cave Valley School, Lincoln County, Nevada.
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