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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on back of photograph: "July 14, 1938: Tired and bearded, Howard Hughes was surrounded as he left his plane at the municipal airport (World-Chamberlain Field) to secure weather information before leaving Minneapolis to complete his record-breaking around-the-world flight-- the fastest flight ever made in circumnavigating the globe. Photo-courtesy "The Minneapolis Star" Board of Park Commissions 325 City Hall Minneapolis, Minn."

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft landing, Chicago, Illinois, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of crowds and the press surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft after it had landed in Chicago.

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Plane at the new depot in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1938 December 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00364
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Home Water Supplies and Improvements Project, 1936 to 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00181
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha), March 24, 1938

Date

1938-03-24

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from Bracken includes a chart showing water used in 1933-36 by the water company and the railroad.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes waving to crowds in a parade, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Howard Hughes waving to crowds in a parade in Houston, Texas in 1938.

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Photograph of Corn Creek Ranch, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1937 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Two men moving an outhouse with the use of a truck.

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Photograph of Corn Creek Ranch, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1937 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A view of two unidentified men haying on Corn Creek Ranch in Nevada.

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Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, April 12, 1938

Date

1938-04-12

Description

Black and white image of the downstream face of Hoover Dam and its power plant at night, as seen from the lower portal road at the dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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