Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 1371 - 1380 of 69756

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

Date

1938-07-14

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Grover Whalen greets Hughes. New York City-- His face covered by stubble and still wearing his battered hat, Howard Hughes is taken in tow by Grover Whalen, World's Fair head, shortly after Hughes and his companions set their plane down at Floyd Bennett Airport here, completing their dramatic dash around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"

Image

Photograph of a pageant, Lost City, Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

People on a stage for a pageant in Lost City with buildings behind them.

Image

Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

A view of Grover Whalen, Howard Hughes, and Al Lodwick riding in the back of an automobile during a parade procession.

Image

Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

A view of Grover Whalen, Howard Hughes, and Al Lodwick riding in the back of an automobile during a parade procession.

Image

Proposal for incorporation of the city of Searchlight as a city of the third class from the City Incorporation Committee to the Lincoln County Board of County Commissioners, 1907 September 12

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00869
Collection Name: Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01

Archival Component

Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-late 1930s

Date

1931 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Boulder City, panorama of houses, view from the water tank. To the far right of the photo, City Hall, the original Boulder City Elementary School located at 401 California Avenue, can be seen.

Image

"Vegasone.com" licensing of city name debate: video

Date

2000-10-18

Archival Collection

Description

Local news anchors discuss the risks of licensing the "Las Vegas" name and seal to Australian online gaming website "Vegasone.com" and the recent pitch to Las Vegas City council; interview clips with various councilmembers include Oscar Goodman; all clips cite the potential financial gain for the city. Includes clip from Spanish news channel. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Moving Image

Java City Café, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: UA-00074
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 74

Archival Component

Telegram from C. C. Larkin (Salt Lake City) to G. A. Cunningham (Salt Lake City), April 30, 1959

Date

1956-04-30

Archival Collection

Description

Larkin had discovered that some people and businesses between Las Vegas and Lake Mead were being supplied with water from the railroad shop well. They needed to be advised that they now needed to make arrangements with the water district for their water.

Text