An image of Nevada Way, a street in Boulder City. Cars are parked outside various stores lining the street, such as a Dodge Plymouth garage, a cafe, and a Texaco gas station.
Snow covers the street and sidewalks during the winter of 1916. The bottom of the photograph reads, "C St. Virginia City, Nevada. Jan. 18. 1916" Street Address: C Street
An overhead view of buildings in Boulder City, Nevada; a building sign advertising "free Boulder Dam motion pictures" and the Boulder Cafe and neighboring souvenir and flower shops can be seen in the background, along with the Boulder Theater and Boulder Dam Service Bureau building (center).
The photograph taken by B.D. Glaha September 15, 1932 of the Boulder Theater in Boulder City, Nevada. The marquee reads: American Madness with Walter Huston, Kay Johnson, also Igloo, a thrilling adventure of the Frozen Arctic.
Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373 Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A