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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of a Boulder City housing development facing north.
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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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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
The view of the snow-covered City Hall building, once the Boulder City Elementary School, located at 401 California Avenue Boulder City, Nevada.
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F05-237 Howard Hughes in AVA; F05-442A Roots of Hughes 525 NTSC, 1991 December 11
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
"Origin and Growth of City Library", 1946
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Las Vegas City Commission Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00237
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1936-1937
Date
1936 to 1937
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead.
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Skyline view of Boulder City, Nevada looking east: photographic print
Date
1945 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking east. 1945-55(?).
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Skyline view of Boulder City, Nevada looking southwest: photographic print
Date
1950 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1955 (year uncertain; year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Aerial View of Boulder City, Nevada, looking southwest. 1950-55(?).
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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1933
Date
1932 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of Boulder City looking southeast from Nob Hill.
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