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Boulder City housing developments: photographic prints, image 010
Description
Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Boulder City housing developments, 1978.
Boulder City housing developments: photographic prints, image 011
Description
Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Boulder City housing developments, 1978.
Photograph of police in readiness for arrival of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of police men awaiting the arrival of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached onto the image: "Police in readiness for arrival of Hughes' plane, Floyd Bennett Airport, N.Y. -- Police lined up in front of a plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, as last-minute preparations were made for the arrival of Howard Hughes and his companions, who were winging over North Central America on the last leg of their epochal Round-The-World flight. By noon a crowd of 6,000 persons had assembled and countless others choked all roads leading to the field as the fliers drew nearer to their goal. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
Image
Howard Hughes in New York beside the Northrop Gamma Racer at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York speed record, 1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Proposal for the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), circa 1985
Date
1983 to 1986
Archival Collection
Description
Bound proposal for the Atlantic City Showboat including artist's conceptions, vicinity map, shade impact study, and architectural drawings for all major components.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
Image
Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-circa 1940s
Date
1931 (year uncertain; year approximate) to Unknown year in the decade of the 1940s
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Arizona Street (pointing northeast) in Boulder City. From this view point, may different city shops are visible, such as a Shell gas station, the Visitors Bureau, and the Nava-Hopi Trading Post, as well as a sign directing visitors to the nearby Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam Visitors Bureau was originally known as the Boulder Dam Tourist Service Bureau, as the dam's name officially changed in 1947.
Image
Photograph of a Showboat Hotel and Casino restaurant (Atlantic City), 1987
Date
1987
Archival Collection
Description
Detailed interior of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City showing a ship's replica with wooden sculptures of pirates, monks, knights, and coats of arms.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
Image
Panoramic photograph of downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933 - late 1930s
Date
1933 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
View of downtown Boulder City seen from Government Park (later Wilbur Square Park). Well known buildings can be seen from this angle, including St. Andrew's Catholic Church (left), City Hall (left, center), the Boulder Theater building that contained the Boulder Dam Service Bureau (right, center), and the Boulder Dam Hotel (right).
Image
Photograph of Short City in Rhyolite, Nevada, circa 1920s-1955
Date
1920 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of building structures in Short City, Rhyolite.
Image
Photograph of Fort Yuma, Yuma City, Arizona, circa 1870s
Date
1870 to 1879
Archival Collection
Description
Yuma City, Arizona from Fort Yuma.
Image