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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, between December 15, 1933 and June, 1934
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Postcard of Boulder City, Nevada, between December 15, 1933 and June, 1934
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes examining machinery at the Hughes Tool Company, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Framed aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1976 July
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 20
Archival Component
Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Scope and Contents
Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and others with the Hughes XH-17 plane, circa 1952
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
City Ordinances, 1911 July 18 to 1933 March 31
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: No Container 00
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Mary E. Habbart by Pamela Larkins, July 15, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
On July 15, 1975, Pamela Larkins interviewed Mary E. Habbart (born 1897 in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Habbart’s personal family history and her family’s reasons for moving to Las Vegas. Habbart also describes social and economic changes to Las Vegas and her local dairy farm.
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Birth announcement for Nila and Nola Ullom, 1919 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ullom-Brockman Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component