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Photograph of Billiards Fountain Service and Boulder City Company Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933

Date

1933-09-20

Description

The grayscale view of a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada. On this unidentified street a dispersed crowd of people gather around the Billiards Fountain Service building on the left side of the road, while on the right a string of automobiles can be seen sitting in front of the Boulder City Company Stores building. Transcribed onto the left building's sign: "Billiards Fountain Service." Transcribed onto the right building's sign: "Boulder City Co. Stores."

Image

Boulder City, Nevada, 1932-1952

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of Boulder City, Nevada from 1932 to 1952, including photographs of schools, children, construction projects, and architectural sketches.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933

Date

1933-09-20

Description

The grayscale view from an unidentified park of Boulder City, Nevada. The Boulder Dam Theater building can be seen on the far right.

Image

Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people watching Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York.

Image

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

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."

Image

Photograph of a building in Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

The Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada.

Image

Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC) "Classified Material Handling Guide", 1975 January

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01146
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Howard Hughes' inventory of Scarface reels, includes domestic and international requests to find undamaged reels for Hughes' private viewing, 1955 November 03 to 1972 June 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 377 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component