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Job #2000-197: Columbus Day, Halloween, new people for Harrah's/Dawn, 2000 July 20

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Greg Cava Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00399
Collection Name: Greg Cava Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Geologic map of the northeast quarter of the Bullfrog 15-minute quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1990

Date

1990

Description

58 x 46 cm., on sheet 87 x 102 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 40 feet." "Base from U.S. Geological Survey 1:62,500. 1954." "Geology mapped in 1985 and 1988." Includes text, bibliography, 4 col. cross sections, and location and index maps. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Atomic Commission." Original publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Series: Miscellaneous investigations series, map I, Scale: 1:24 000.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14, July, 3, 1938

Date

1938-07-03

Description

Howard Hughes taking off in the Lockheed 14 aircraft. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes' plane taking off from Union Air Terminal July 3, 1938, on first left of round-the-world flight. Released for personal use only. Not to be reprinted or employed commercially without the permission of the undersigned. L. A. Times New Bureau."

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Portrait painting of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

The official portrait painting of Howard Hughes. In 1998, Russ Stevenson presented the painting, along with many of his other Hughes Airwest files and memoirs, to the Special Collections Library of the University of Texas at Dallas.

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A. V. Perkinson, Incorporated and The Autocall Company regarding equipment purchases for new laboratory, 1930 September 15 to 1931 May 26

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 484 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), general casino sections, July 18, 1966

Date

1966-07-18

Description

General sections and details of the casino building of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino from 1966. Includes revision dates, key map, and general notes. Original medium: pencil on parchment. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Ira Tepper and Associates, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1966-11-07

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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 400,000 pound Flying Boat just a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California. The aircraft was 219 feet long with a wing span of 320 feet.

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Photograph of a banquet for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

An up close view of Howard Hughes (left) with an unidentified man at a banquet dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

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Party at William J. Moore Jr.'s Home: photographic prints and negatives, 1951 July 15

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

William J. Moore Jr. Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00158
Collection Name: William J. Moore Jr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component