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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 9, 1941
Date
1941-07-09
Archival Collection
Description
Smith explaining to Bracken exactly how the state measures water, and that a miner's inch is a very imprecise measurement.
Text
John S. Wright Hall rededication: newspaper clipping
Date
2005 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Undated UNLV newspaper advertisement about the renovation and rededication of John S. Wright Hall at UNLV.
Mixed Content
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
Hall, Robert J.
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty Publications
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Collection Number: UA-00056
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty Publications
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty Publications
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Aerial image of intersection between Water Street and Basic Road with Henderson City Hall in background in Henderson, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1997 to 2002
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00413
Collection Name: Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-049
Collection Name: Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-049
Archival Component
Exterior view of the North Las Vegas City Hall building, looking northeast in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2019 February 06
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component