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Howard Hughes, 1938 July 10
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1950-1951
Date
1950 to 1951
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial of Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
The photograph was taken somewhere in or around Virginia City, Nevada.
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Photograph of Exacavation, Lost City, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of excavation of Lost City.
Image
Aerial photograph of Boulder City, circa 1949
Date
1949 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view looking north of Boulder City.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten notes on back: "View N-ward"
Image
Workers unloading transport trucks in front of Anderson Mess Hall and dormitories, Cherry Street, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1932-1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00364
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."
Image
Photograph of the Boulder City Post Office and postmaster, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Boulder City Post Office and postmaster, Mr. Finney, at Boulder City.
Image
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933
Date
1933-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
The grayscale view from a park in Boulder City, Nevada. Residential homes and automobiles can be seen clustered together to form the city.
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