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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs

Description

Portrait of Howard Hughes taken in the Ambassador Hotel in the 1920s.

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

Date

1938-07-14

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Description

The black and white, overhead view of Howard Hughes and his crew after completing his Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "On hand to welcome Hughes and his gallant crew New York City-- Looking down on a segment of the huge crowd that gathered at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to greet the arrival of Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four at the end of their record-smashing flight around the world. The tops of the cars jamming the parking spaces were used as coigns of vantage. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"

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Chart showing water consumption by month in Las Vegas in 1938, circa 1939

Date

1939 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Description

1938 Las Vegas water consumption by month showing a daily average per month.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten numbers on the sheet

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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview

OH-00827

Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Neil Dalmas on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.

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