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Photograph of a plane with people behind it, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1939

Date
1900 to 1939
Description
A picture of a plane facing away from the crowd.

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Photograph of a race, (Pa.), 1922-1926

Date
1922 to 1926
Description
Crowds of people sit in the stands and watch a race.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date
1938-07-14
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he stands before a microphone after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes (with hat) as he arrived in New York after completing a round the world flight. 7/14/38 (Press Association)"

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Film transparency of a stagecoach entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958

Date
1958-05
Description
Three men riding a stagecoach with a banner on the side reading "Nevada Beverage Company" in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, May 1958. Two women and a child are riding inside the coach, while two men wave to the crowd from the back of the coach. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One."

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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938

Date
1938-07-14
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14, Chicago, 1938

Date
1938
Description
A view of the Lockheed 14 surrounded by a small crowd while resting inside a hangar in Chicago.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing on stage, Chicago, 1938

Date
1938
Description
Howard Hughes and unidentified men standing on a stage in front of a crowd of people in Chicago.

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