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Postcard of Scotty's Castle dining hall, Death Valley (Calif.), 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
The dining hall in Scotty's Castle, also known as Death Valley Ranch. Site Name: Scotty's Castle (Death Valley, Calif.)
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Photograph of Tonopah Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa late 1960s
Date
1966 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
The south side of Tonopah Hall dormitory on the campus of UNLV.
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Christmas dinner menu, December 25, 1883, St. Lawrence Hall
Date
1883-12-25
Archival Collection
Description
Note: Compliments of the Season printed on cover. "R. 2." printed at lower left of cover Restaurant: St. Lawrence Hall Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Hughes guest at National Press Club. Washington, D. C. -- After personally thanking Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his assistance in clearing the way for their round-the-world flight, Howard Hugehs and his four daring companions were guests at a luncheon of the National Press Club here, July 21st. Here Hughes is shown as he was congratulated at the club by Major General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps. Left to right: Howard Hughes, Constantine A. Dumansky, Counselor of the Soviet Embassy: General Westover, Jesse Jones, Chairman of the R. F. C. and Count De Saint-Quentin, the French Embassador."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, Los Angeles, California, July 4, 1938
Date
1938-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14 in Los Angeles, California. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes off on first leaf of flight to Paris. Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, Millionaire oil man and speed flyer, at the controls of his huge Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" as it took off from here for its leisurely flight to New York, from where Hughes and his crew will fly to Paris and perhaps around the world. 7/4/1938 Credit line (ACME)."
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Photograph of a party of salvagers, St. Thomas, Nevada, June, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A group of men dismantling a house and loading the fruits of their labors on a truck. The waters of the rising Lake Mead are in the foreground.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "a party of salvagers are almost too late in dismantling the last of the St. Thomas residences. (c. 1942) (photo by E. Edwards)"
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Memo from Walter R. Bracken to W. H. Hulsizer about water usage, March 28, 1938
Date
1938-03-28
Archival Collection
Description
Water used by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company in 1932
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Photograph of spectators around the Lockheed 14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, October 7, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
Spectators gathered around the Lockheed 14 at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, to watch Howard Hughes take off, October 1938.
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Slide of John S. Wright Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1981 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior of John S. Wright Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Slide of Tonopah Hall dormitory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior of Tonopah Hall dormitory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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