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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a parade, Chicago, July 30, 1938

Date
1938-07-30
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Chicago Cheers Hughes and Companions, Chicago -- Howard Hughes, leader of the quintet that flew Around the World in 3 days, 19 hours, and Mayor Edward J. Kelly, of Chicago, riding at the head of the parade that the city staged in honor of Hughes and his four companions. Credit Lines (ACME) 7/30/38. (NY)."

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Photograph of Frank L. Shaw, Howard Hughes, and Frank Merriam at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date
1938-08-01
Description
A view of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Howard Hughes, and California Governor Frank Merriam (left to right) dining together at a banquet for Howard Hughes in Los Angeles, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men in New York, August 20, 1938

Date
1938-08-20
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes in New York after making a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men in New York, August 20, 1938

Date
1938-08-20
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes in New York after making a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a two-ounce oxygen mask."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Clinton Twiss, Hollywood, November 1939

Date
1939-11
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes gets air award. Hollywood, Cal. - Howard Hughes, millionaire spotman flyer, with special events announcer Clinton Twiss at the Hollywood studios of NBC where the flyer was cited for his round-the-world flight in 91 hours and 14 minutes. Hughes was recently awarded the Collier Trophy given annually for the "greatest achievement in aviation in America."

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Rex Bell, Jr. and others during Fourth of July: photographic print

Date
1964
Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Left to right: Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam), Morris (Moe) De Chambeau, Fred Strasnider, George Harding, Guy Rasmussen on July 4, 1964. Handwritten on back of image:"July 4, 1964. Rex Bell, Jr., Morris (Moe) De Chambeau, Fred Strasnider, George Harding, Guy Rasmussen."

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Rex Bell with unidentified man: photographic print

Date
1880 to 1979
Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Photograph of two men, Rex Bell (George Francis Bell) is located on the right. Hand written on the back of image: "Death Valley Days - Please return to Gov. Bell."

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Photograph of the bar area of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1953

Date
1953-08
Description

The long bar on the west side of the Boulder Club, later part of Binion's Horseshoe. Behind the bar is Ben Turner, bar manager, and bartender Chet Blue. Transcribed from original: "About August, 1953, The long bar on the west side of the old Boulder Club on Fremont St. now a part of the Horseshoe." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Behind the bar, left to right: Ben Turner, bar manager; unidentified bartender; bartender, Chet Blue."
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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Film transparency of rowboats on Lake Mead, August 1, 1947

Date
1947-08-01
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description detailing the list of boat passengers in the picture: Jay Porter, Boulder City, in his Express Cruiser escorts the Nevills Expedition into Pierce Perry, Arizona, at the headwaters of Lake Mead. Left to right in the "Joan" are: Mrs. Otis Marston, Berkeley, Calif., Joe Desloge, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri, at the oars, and Dr. Otis Marston, Berkeley, Calif.; in the "Sandra" are: Anne Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri, Garth Marston, Berkeley, Calif., at the oars and Zoe Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri; in the "Mexican Hat" are: Joe Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri, Kent Frost, boatman, and Marie Salnsfrank, St. Louis, Missouri; in the "Wen" are: Randall Henderson, Editor of Desert Magazine, El Centro, Calif., Norman Nevills at the oars and A. Milotte Wait, Disney Productions, Burbank, Calif.

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Photograph of miners inside the Techatticup Mine (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Caption: (John Hughes) In one of the S.W.M. Co. mines, probably the Techatecup

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