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Telegram from W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 18, 1938

Date

1938-06-18

Archival Collection

Description

Jeffers, having read a Las Vegas Review-Journal article about the water shortage in Las Vegas, asks Bracken to advise on possible rates revisions for those using evaporative water coolers.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

The black and white view of several unidentified men and mechanics standing near the Lockheed 14 aircraft that was then being refueled. At the time, Howard Hughes was then on his Around the World Flight with the Lockheed 14 where he visited Paris, Moscow, Fairbanks, and Alaska.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

The black and white view of the nose of the Lockheed 14 aircraft while it is being refueled for Howard Hughes' Around the World trip. Mechanics can be seen standing on top of and beside the plane.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

The black and white view of the nose of the Lockheed 14 aircraft while it is being refueled for Howard Hughes' Around the World trip. Mechanics can be seen standing on top of and beside the plane.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view from above of the Lockheed 14 aircraft after arriving in Minneapolis. The aircraft is preparing for a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view from above of the Lockheed 14 aircraft after arriving in Minneapolis. The aircraft is preparing for a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft landing in Paris, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes' plane arriving at Paris on the Around the World flight.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Le Bourget Airfield, France, 1938

Date

1938

Description

The black and white view of the Lockheed plane is shown as it taxied to a stop at Le Bourget Airfield near Paris, after a record-shattering flight across the Atlantic.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes walking with several men in France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes when he arrived in Paris on first leg of his round the world flight."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes walking with several men, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Howard Hughes walking with several unidentified men in France.

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