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Photograph of an aerial view of Squires Park and City Hall, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1952

Date

1934 to 1952

Description

An aerial view of Las Vegas-Squires park & City Hall-Dula Memorial Center (left front) before City Library & new State Building.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Ed Lund, and Harry Connor, Houston, Texas July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Howard Hughes standing with others in Houston, Texas, during a celebration of his around-the-world event.

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Photograph of radar testing at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1959

Date

1959

Description

Engineers test radar equipment at the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1959.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes (with hat) as he arrived in New York after completing a round the world flight is shown with Grover Whalen (left) members of his crew and Mayor La Guardia (right front) 7-14-38 (Press Association)."

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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), December 11, 1951

Date

1951-12-11

Archival Collection

Description

Shamberger advised the Water District to purchase the lands surrounding the Las Vegas Springs as well as other springs and wells in the area to protect its water sources in the future.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947

Date

1947-08-16

Description

A view of Howard Hughes (right) being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (left), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California. An unidentified man sits between the two.

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Harry Hall oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00770

Abstract

Oral history interview with Harry Hall conducted by Dennis McBride on June 20, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Hall discusses how the hope of work on the dam encouraged his move to Nevada with his mother and stepfather. He then talks at some length about living in a tent in Ragtown, the various illegal bootlegging establishments along the dirt road running between Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, and working on the dam. He continues talking about working conditions, the heat, and the labor strike at the dam in August, 1931.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airport just before Hughes takes off for Paris.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airport just before Hughes takes off for Paris.

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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

Description

Howard Hughes in cockpit of Lockheed-14 before take-off from Floyd Bennet Field in New York.

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