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New Orleans (La.) landmarks including the Empress Hotel, Culinary Union, 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15
Date
1990 to 1999
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Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work
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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 Wendell Tobler receiving gavel as new president of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, North Las Vegas, Nevada, July, 1973
Date
1973-07
Archival Collection
Description
Wendell Tobler receives gavel as new President of North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce from Joe Cunningham, outgoing President, July, 1973. Pictured L-R: Robert Goodman, Wendell Tobler, Joe Cunningham, Charles Enson.
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