The black and white view of Howard Hughes in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick beside Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes (distance 1095 miles; average speed 250 mph; high speed 290 mph). This bettered Jimmy Wedell's July 1933 record by 36 minutes. New York, New York."
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "New York reception for Howard Hughes and his companions after completing a round the world flight. 7-15-38 (Press Association)."
Note: Illustration of cherub standing atop a globe set in a clock face on cover. Menu is bound with ivory cord and tassel. Toast to 1909 printed inside. Prix fixe is $1.00. Unreadable printer's name appears on cover illustration Menu insert: Toasts; Poems Restaurant: Hotel Robidoux Location: St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
Howard Hughes talking to unidentified men who are presumably members of the press most likely about his completion of his Round the World flight in New York City, New York.
Note: Cover has illustration of a cherub with a wreath around its arm and a large satchel, signing into a guest book dated "Wednesday, January 1st, Nineteen Thriteen," while a clock in the background shows 12:01. Includes music program; Menger Hotel Orchestra directed by H. Dybwad Menu insert: Music Programs Restaurant: The Menger Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
The collection contains material collected by Barbara Tabach to document the final days of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada (2007). Included are brief oral history audio recordings and transcripts for approximately 50 individuals wo worked at or were customers of the New Frontier, as well as over 650 digital photographs of the people and the building. Also included is a digital video of the November 2007 implosion and a Las Vegas Sun newspaper clipping from September 1961 on the New Frontier.