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Photograph of Maude Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, circa 1957
Date
1950 to 1960
Archival Collection
Description
View of one of the walls being constructed at the Maude Frazier Hall construction site at Nevada Southern University (NSU).
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Photograph of North Las Vegas City Hall and police station, May 17, 1964
Date
1964-05-17
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of the North Las Vegas City Hall and Police Station. The new city hall building was being built in 1965-1966.
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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
Text
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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Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, approximately 1970-1979
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00225
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005
Archival Component
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.
Image
Photograph of people inside the Town Hall Casino, Tonopah (Nev.), 1940-1960
Date
1940 to 1960
Archival Collection
Description
Individuals sit and stand inside casino, where they can play table games, play slots, or drink at the bar. Transcription with photograph: "Town Hall Casino where Mizpah Annex is now, Tonopah, Nevada, George Bosovich, owner." Site Name: Town Hall Casino
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Slide of the cowboy neon sign at the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, 1986
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
A color image of the cowboy neon sign at the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall. Site Name: Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall (Laughlin, Nev.)
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