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Report: "On the Future of Thoroughbred Racing in New York" by the New York Racing Association, 1992

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File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 167

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947

Date

1947-08-08

Description

Description given with photo: "Hughes, Attorneys, Resume Stand For Third Day. Washington, D.C. Noah Deitrich, seated, left, vice president of the Hughes Aircraft Co., told the Brewster Committee today that Maj. Gen. Oliver Echois, former AAF procurement (?) chief, refused to do business with Howard Hughes, right, because he "disliked" the multi-millionaire air-plane builder. Hughes' counsel, Thomas I. Slack, standing, is shown as he interrupted Deitrich's testimony to fire a question at the war contract probers. -INP Photo by G.B. Kress- 8/8/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 plane, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 the day before his second test run on the plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938

Date

1938-07-07

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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New York-New York Hotel & Casino: casino elevations, 1995 February

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File

Archival Collection

Donna Silva Lighting Design Plans
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Collection Number: MS-01151
Collection Name: Donna Silva Lighting Design Plans
Box/Folder: Roll 11

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Portrait of Howard J. Mitchell: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1985 (year approximate)

Description

From the Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection (PH-00185).

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New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts gaming research files, approximately 1970 to 1989

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File

Archival Collection

John D. Dombrink Gaming Research Files
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Collection Number: MS-00329
Collection Name: John D. Dombrink Gaming Research Files
Box/Folder: Box 09, Box 10

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Program, ticket stub, and other memorabilia for Zumanity at New York-New York, 2003

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada Show Programs
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Collection Number: MS-00333
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada Show Programs
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Bally's Grand (New Jersey)

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00658
Collection Name: Gary W. Royer Collection on Gaming
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with aircraft technicians with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and aircraft technicians next to the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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