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Press release announcing Howard Hughes' purchase of the Sands Hotel

Date

1967-07-24

Description

Press release quoting Bob Paige announcing Howard Hughes' acquistion of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.

Text

Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat fuselage in transport, California, June 15, 1945

Date

1945-06-15

Description

The fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat is seen in transport on a moving truck rig on a narrow road in the country, on its way to Long Beach Harbor. Small groups of people gather to watch.

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#67121: Valdex, Jesus (Student) Interns at New York-New York, 2009 July 09

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-04
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the first XF-11, Culver City, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

Howard Hughes in the cockpit of his XF-11 before its first test flight.

Image

Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

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

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

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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947

Date

1947-05-03

Description

Description given with photo: "Radar Installed on Passenger Planes Culver City, Calif. -- Radar safety control system (cabinet, left, center) for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a trans-world airline plane, at Culver City, May 1st. Radar, with 500 and 2,000 foot warning signals, tells the pilot when he is approaching obstacles. Equipment is being installed in planes flying routes from San Francisco eastward to Shanghai. Credit (ACME) 5/3/47."

Image

Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft being refueled in Fairbanks, Alaska. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "C.850170 Howard Hughes' plane being re-fueled at Fairbanks, Alaska on the last lap of its round the world flight. 7/15/38."

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Shauna Hughes oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02817

Abstract

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.

Archival Collection

"The Likely Impact of New York City Casinos on the New York Racing Association", 1979

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 082

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Structural drawings, as existing sheets S2.2-S15.65, 1980 July 15

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes drawings by Independent, Sykes, Kiker, and Thomas (manufacturer).

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 444

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