Search Results
Conceptual sketch of outdoors at the Showboat Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, black-and-white, 1986
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00329
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1933
Date
1933
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of attendants inspecting a plane, Brooklyn, New York, September 30, 1937
Date
1937-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Hughes Buys New Plane. Attendants at the Floyd Bennet Airport, in Brooklyn, New York, inspecting the tire on the plane Howard Hughes recently purchased from the Sikorsky Company. Hughes accepted delivery September 30th, and flew the plane from Bridgeport. The tire blew as he was making a test landing. No other damage was done. Credit Line (ACME) 9/30/37
Image
Boulder City Library in the Municipal Building in Boulder City, 1958
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." 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
Boulder City looking northeast: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
Boulder City, Nevada in the distance of the desert, looking northeast. Illegible text handwritten on verso.
Image
Photograph of the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School, Boulder City, Nevada, 1949
Date
1949
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white aerial view of the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School.
Image
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial of Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Atlantic City Boardwalk: photograph
Date
1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Atlantic City Boardwalk. ca.1960's. The individuals on the boardwalk are unidentified.
Image
Photograph of Rockwell family members on the Chemung River, New York, 1902
Date
1902
Archival Collection
Description
Rockwell family members in a boat on the Chemung River near Elmira, New York. Handwritten on back of photograph: "1902 vacation on Chemung River, NY."
Image