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Aerial photograph of Hughes' flying boat docked at harbor, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 16, 1947. "Hughes Aircraft" stamped on the back of the image.

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Photograph of radar testing at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1959

Date

1959

Description

Engineers test radar equipment at the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1959.

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Photographs for press release, Hughes demonstrates new radar warning, May 1, 1947

Date

1947-05-01

Description

Photographs that accompany the attached press release: "HUGHES DEMONSTRATES NEW RADAR WARNING Howard Hughes, at the controls of the TWA Constellation, demonstrates the efficiency of his new radar safety device, which is being installed on all TWA planes and which will be available to all other airlines in the United States as soon as he can produce the equipment. The instrument warns the pilot by a brilliant red light and a warning horn the instant the plane comes too close to the ground, or any building, bridge, mountain, aircraft or other obstacle, regardless of darkness or weather conditions. The device weighs only 16 pounds and costs about $130. (Arrow points to warning lights on instrument panel). Center photo shows the Hughes-piloted Constellation approaching a mountain in Southern California's Santa Monica Range, an area usually voided by pilots because of its dangerous peaks. This particular plane's radar set was equipped with both 500-feet and 2,000-feet warning signals. The 500-feet warning range now being installed on TWA airliners was developed first because the greatest immediate need for it is during approaches and landings. The 2,000-feet warning is designed from enroute flying to guarantee clearance of mountains and other obstacles. Photo at right shows the Constellation veering to the left and climbing at a speed of 300 miles an hour after receiving radar warning of an obstacle in its flight path."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes testifying before the Senate War Investigating Committee, Washington D.C., August 6, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Howard Hughes speaks into a microphone as he testifies before the Senate War Investigating Committee, August 6, 1947, in Washington, D.C.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Stratoliner in Glendale, California, August 30, 1939

Date

1939-08-30

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes's Stratoliner is ultimate in Streamline. Glendale, Calif.--- To give one an idea of just how far aeronautical designers can go with the streamlining effect, this above view of Howard Hughes' newest four-motored, $250,00 Stratoliner is pictured from the tail end of the big plane as it stood on the runway at the Grand Central air terminal at Glendale, Calif. The millionaire flier is believed to be preparing for a new caost-to-coast record. 8-30-39""

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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), June 21, 1950

Date

1950-06-21

Archival Collection

Description

List of wells owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the amount of water granted to each.

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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat leaving its Culver City hangar, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Cooperative agreement: Wells Siding flood control project, April 1938

Date

1938-04

Description

Agreement between the Muddy Valley Irrigation Company and the Moapa Soil Conservation District for a flood control project on Wells Siding.

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Photograph of Gold Point School, Gold Point, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Exterior of Gold Point School, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Photograph of ruins at the Lost City site, near Overton, Nevada, 1938-1939

Date

1938 to 1939

Description

Stone ruins at the Lost City site (or Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada.

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