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Boulder City looking northeast: photographic print

Date

1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)

Description

Boulder City, Nevada in the distance of the desert, looking northeast. Illegible text handwritten on verso.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1952

Date

1952

Description

Aerial of Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School, Boulder City, Nevada, 1949

Date

1949

Description

Black and white aerial view of the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School.

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The Outlaw pre-opening charges and operating costs, Broadway Theatre, New York, New York, 1947 April to 1948 May 26

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 163 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Hell's Angels opening reviews and telegrams, New York, New York and Boston, Massachusetts, 1930 August 20 to 1930 September 02

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 025 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Near the Atlantic City Boardwalk: photograph

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)

Description

Near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ca.1960's. Signs in the background read "Spook's Shangri-la" and "Steeplechase"

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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

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.

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Photograph of attendants inspecting a plane, Brooklyn, New York, September 30, 1937

Date

1937-09-30

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

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Postcard of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Virginia City, Nevada.

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New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 1 of 9), image 10

Date

1997-05-30

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes

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