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Photograph of crowd around contest stage, Tonopah (Nev.) 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
People stand around a wooden stage where participants appear to be kneeling. The men in the contest participate in a "Fourth of July drilling contest" as transcribed with photograph, next to a large sign that reads "Chrysler Plymouth Used Cars We Buy & Sell" on the streets of Tonopah, Nevada.
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Crowd gathering for President Roosevelt's arrival to Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1939-03-08
Archival Collection
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Showing Las Vegas Welcome sign from Hotel Nevada to Overland Hotel. September 30. 1935, was an exciting day when President Roosevelt arrived to dedicate Boulder Dam. Looking East on Fremont Street from the depot. Crowd gathering to see the President." - E(lizabeth) Harrington
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Grace Hayes and her son Peter Lind Hayes entertaining a crowd: photographic print
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Grace Hayes and her son Peter Lind Hayes (center), entertaining a crowd. (Joseph Conrad Lind, Jr. later known as Peter Lind Hayes.)
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Photograph of crowd watching a Thunderbirds air show at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, October 14, 1979
Date
1979-10-14
Archival Collection
Description
Crowd watching a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds air show at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Telling the world about Hughes' record flight. New York City-- Radio men setting up their microphones in front of the crew of Howard Hughes great Lockheed plane so that Hughes and his heroic crew could send a few words of greeting to the world over the air waves after their record smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"
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Photograph of crowd witnessing the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. Notice workers raising the power lines so the fuselage could pass underneath.
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Photograph of a crowd watching the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. The men are raising the power lines so the fuselage can pass under.
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Crowd of people listening to Sister Rosemary Lynch on Nagasaki Night at IFOR: photographic print
Date
1997-12-27
Archival Collection
Description
Sister Rosemary Lynch is addressing a large group from International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) in Piazza S. Pietro in Assisi, Italy on August 9, 1988 during "Nagasaki Night."
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Photograph a crowd awaiting watching Howard Hughes land, New York, July 14, 2013
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view Mayor Laguardia and Grover Whelen watched Howard Hughes land in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Mayor Laguardia (left) and Grover Whelen looking skyward as they see the approaching Howard Hughes and his globe girdlers complete A Round The World flight, 7-24-38. (Press Association)."
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Photograph of a crowd surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft at the Le Bourget Airfield in France. Text printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes' Lockheed surrounded by a great crowd at Le Bourget Field, Paris, as his crew disembarked after their flight from New York. July 1938."
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