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Boulder City, Nevada -Boulder City, Overhead Wire Crossings, 1964
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, June 12, 1946
Date
1946-06-12
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."
Image
Photograph of the Boulder City Library Children's Collection, Boulder City, Nevada, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an interior view of the Boulder City Library Children's Collection in its new home on the top floor of the Municipal Building in Boulder City. An adult and a few children can be seen standing amongst book shelves.
Image
Photograph of a Boulder City construction camp, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of the Big Six construction camp in Boulder City.
Image
Photograph of Howard Cannon, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
U.S. Senator Howard Cannon.
Image
Transcript of interview with Howard E. Hollingsworth by Joseph Concannen, February 23, 1979
Date
1979-02-23
Archival Collection
Description
On February 23, 1979, collector Joseph Concannen interviewed educator, Howard E. Hollingsworth (born October 3rd, 1927 in Preston, Idaho) in J. D. Smith Junior High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the history of Nevada. Mr. Hollingsworth also discusses the Mormon Fort, ranches, and the railroad.
Text
Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas), April 17, 1951
Date
1951-04-17
Archival Collection
Description
The irrigation practices on the Las Vegas Ranch were being blamed for the mosquito problem in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was being asked to address it.
Text
Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes after his round the world flight shaking hands with Secretary of State Cordell Hell as R. Walton Moore Counselor of the Department of State looks on. July 1938."
Image
Photograph of the Boulder City Post Office and postmaster, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Boulder City Post Office and postmaster, Mr. Finney, at Boulder City.
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