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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Checking damages of plane on arrival at Le Bourget. Le Bourget-- The thoroughness with which he planned the flight and carried it through was still with Howard Hughes when the millionaire flyer and his four companions arrived at Le Bourget, after a record smashing flight across the Atlantic. Hughes is shown here, examining the tail of his plane, just after landing, The tail was damaged slightly. After repairs were made, the fliers took off for Moscow."
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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1949
Date
1949
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Boulder City High School under construction in the foreground.
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Police escort lined up in front of Hughes Flying Boat on Roosevelt Highway in San Pedro, California, as it was being moved from Culver City to Terminal Island in Long Beach, 1946 June 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes next to an airplane and surrounded by crowds at Houston Airport, Texas, July, 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (in hat) surrounded by crowd at Houston Airport, Houston, Texas.
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Photograph of men working in the Hughes Tool Co. factory, Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Men working on Hughes rock drilling bit piece #5411-482 at the Hughes Tool company in Houston, Texas.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Text printed on accompanying paper strip: "Hughes takes off on flight to Paris. Floyd Bennett Field, New York City-- Howard Hughes, multi-millionaire speed flyer, pictured in the nose of his Hughes Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" as Hughes and his picked crew of four prepared for the take-off to Paris and probably around the world on July 10th. A few minutes after this picture was taken, the giant ship lifted from the field to follow the trail blazed by Chrales A. Lindbergh. Credit Line (ACME) 7/10/38."
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A Look at the City of Las Vegas: City Government, 1972
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Gilbert Buck Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00281
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1949
Date
1949
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white aerial view of Boulder City. The Bureau of Reclamation Administration building, located at 1200 Park Street, can be seen in the center foreground of the image, along with the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of a Lockheed-14 plane, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in cockpit of Lockheed-14 before take-off from Floyd Bennet Field in New York.
Image
Boulder City
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component