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Construction, 1933 December 15
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 04 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 04 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying boat, as it returns from its historic test flight, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A side view of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight. The eight 3,000 horsepower engines lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. The plane is 219 ft long.
Image
Photograph of Carson City Mint interior, Carson City, Nevada, circa 1941 - mid 1900s
Date
1941 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A coin press from Carson City Mint on exhibit at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of a drill bit at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "LITTLE BIT Only an inch and a quarter in diameter, this "microbit" enables engineers at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, to estimate the performance of full-size bits for the oil drilling industry. The company operates the largest testing laboratory of its kind anywhere in the world and produces thousands of rock bits necessary to drill deeper and deeper as the world's shallow oil wells have become exhausted. Howard Hughes terms the Hughes Tool company the "keystone" of his industrial empire."
Image
Photograph of Boulder City High School athletic stadium, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951
Date
1950 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
The installation of the original lighting system used on the Boulder City High School athletic field in Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of the Boulder City Commissary
Date
1931-05-31
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of the Boulder City commisary; the signs in photo read: "Jim The Barber" and "Films Developing, Printing".
Image
Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Provo City, Utah to John M Bunker, Logan City, Utah
Date
1894-01-27
Archival Collection
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
Text
City Hall building, once the Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1930-1949
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component