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Early years of Boulder City: photographic print

Date

1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)

Description

The "early years" of Boulder City, Nevada looking northeast.

Image

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."

Image

Virginia City, Nevada, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nevada Mining Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00361
Collection Name: Nevada Mining Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Boulder City map, 1977

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
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Collection Number: MS-00177
Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 77

Archival Component

Charles J. Hirsch: Rotary Club of Kansas City meeting materials, Kansas City, Kansas

Date

1962

Archival Collection

Description

Folder from the Charles J. Hirsch Papers -- Conference material, meetings minutes, and programs file.

Text

T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: City Of Del City Fire Dept., Dept. Emblem; Back: Del City Fire-Rescue; Handwritten Text: Signatures, approximately 2001-2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

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 97

Archival Component

T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: Lake Havasu City, Arizona Fire Department, Engineer, City Emblem; Back: Lake Havasu City Fire Department, approximately 2001-2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

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 36

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

A view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, after arriving in New York.

Image

Oklahoma City Conference, 1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Marie and James B. McMillan Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00482
Collection Name: Marie and James B. McMillan Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08

Archival Component