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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Becker, Barry, 1974 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 48
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Shauna Hughes oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Shauna Hughes conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 31, 2016 and October 11, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Hughes discusses her early life in New York and later moving to Ohio. She talks about attending John Carroll University, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Hughes recalls being appointed Henderson City Attorney, the early development of Green Valley, and the rapid growth of that area. Hughes then describes the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion in 1988. In the second interview, Hughes discusses her work as Henderson City Attorney. She describes collaborating with elected city officials, the development of the Galleria Mall, and the establishment of Nevada State College (NSC). Lastly, Hughes talks about community support for new infrastructure in Henderson.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
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Franklin, George, 1966 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 05
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Van, Garwood, 1974 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 10
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Aerial photograph of Hughes' Hercules flying boat aircraft, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Lockheed-14 plane, Le Bourget, France, July 11, 1938
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Cole, Bob, 1976 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 28
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Howes, Orlin, 1976 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 28
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