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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
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."
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Photograph of Boulder City School Board, Boulder City, Nevada, 1948
Date
1948
Archival Collection
Description
Description provided with image: "Boulder City School Board. L-R: Don McCormick, (?), Elbert Edwards, Ray Collins, and H. O. Watts in Boulder City, Nevada 1948."
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Photograph of the Boulder City Library, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1950
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Boulder City Library, then located in the basement of the city's municipal building. Reference books, a card catalog, and a children's display are all visible.
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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial of Boulder City, Nevada.
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Film transparency of Hoover Dam affiliated businessmen and engineers, Boulder City, Nevada, July 1931
Date
1931-07
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of businessmen and engineers affiliated with Hoover Dam. From left to right: W. A. Bechtel, First Vice President, Six Companies, Inc.; Walker R. Young, Construction Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation; Elwood Mead, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, F. T. Crowe, General Superintendent, Six Companies, Inc.; R. F. Walter, Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Virginia City, Nevada.
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