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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1931 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Hoover Dam tunnel construction site. There are four visible bridges over the Colorado River. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved from Long Beach to Terminal Island, California, June 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Wide World Photos Please Credit A-63899 (Part of Series) $58,000 LONG BEACH, CAL. A view of the hull of Howard Hughes new $20,000,000 cargo flying boat at the pontoon bridge, ready to be moved from Long Beach to Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, there is a graving dock it will be assembled with other parts of the ship."
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Aerial view of Cathedral Canyon: photographic print
Date
1986 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.D. Wiley Family. An aerial view of Cathedral Canyon, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, showing the parking lot and suspension bridge. The walls are about 30 feet high and a Recirculation waterfall has been constructed at the head of the canyon. The canyon is lighted at night.
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, skyline view of New York City with Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground. Typed onto script included with the image: "Howard Hughes plane Lockheed 14 in flight over lower New York City. To right in the background can be seen New York City's three bridges of the lower East River from front to rear: the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge."
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