An image showing an aerial view of Boulder City. The outlines of the small city are distinctively marked by the stark contrast between the city's greenery and the surrounding desert. Bits of the airplane from which the image itself was taken can be seen in the upper right corner of the photograph.

Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane, with others (from left to right): Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot, and an unidentified man, October 23, 1952.

Sign advertising the Golden City Motel located on the sign of the Boulder Highway in Nevada. Transcribed onto the sign: "Golden City Motel; Reservations, Kitchenetts, Pool, Color TV, Weekly Spec. Rate." Site Name: Golden City Motel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

An image showing an aerial view of Boulder City. The outlines of the small city are distinctively marked by the stark contrast between the city's greenery and the surrounding desert. Note: Bits of the airplane from which the image itself was taken can be seen in the upper right corner of the photograph.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew surrounded by a crowd before they take off from Floyd Bennett Airport in New York.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew surrounded by a crowd before they take off from Floyd Bennett Airport in New York.

Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959