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Raymond and Mary Brooks' first anniversary scrapbook: photographs of western United States and Mexico, including images of Eureka, Rhyolite, and Virginia City, Nevada and Lake Mead, 1938

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Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
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Collection Number: MS-01153
Collection Name: Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
Box/Folder: Box 11

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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

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."

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T-Shirt Color: White; Front: USA God Bless America, American Flag And Twin Towers; Back: New York's Ironworkers United We Stand 9-11-01 40 361, FDNY Fire Department City Of New York And Police Department City Of New York, American Flag, Ironworker And Dept. Emblems; Handwritten Text: The Men Of The Bklyn. Iron Shop Dot NYC God Bless All Those Who Helped - Signatures, approximately 2001-2012

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New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 236

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New York productions, 1980-1988

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Joshua Abbey Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00820
Collection Name: Joshua Abbey Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Pop! Concorn Bar at the New York New York Hotel & Casino: rendering of bar, 2009

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Bergman Walls & Associates Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00910
Collection Name: Bergman Walls & Associates Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Flat File 18, Digital File 00

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New York news reports, 1993

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Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 023

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Racing laws of New York, 1970

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Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 042

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