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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1940
Date
1931 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Boulder City.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1940
Date
1931 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Boulder City.
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Photograph of XF-11 aircraft before first test flight, Culver City (Calif.), April 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes' aircraft (the XF-11) sitting on the tarmac before its first test flight in Culver City, California in April of 1947. Newspaper clipping taped to the back of the image reads: "#11, Long-Range Plane Completed. Culver City, Calif. -- The new Hughes XF-11 is a very fast photographic plane with a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet. It has a pressurized cabin, making it unnecessary for the crew to use oxygen masks. It is shown here before it made its first test flight."
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Slide of an architectural drawing of Boulder City, Nevada, March 5, 1931
Date
1931-03-05
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of architectural layout plans for Boulder City.
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Hughes Space and Communications Satellite Manufacturing B-Roll 2000, 2000 July 31
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 16, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 16, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950
Date
1933-03-31 to 1950-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
Bound volume of Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950
Text
Photograph of people atop a tower awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people, possibly including reporters and members of the press, standing atop a tower as they wait for the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
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Boulder City, Nevada photographs, 1930-1969
Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives of Boulder City, Nevada from 1930 to 1969. The photographs depict buildings in Boulder City, including City Hall, the Bureau of Reclamation headquarters, the Boulder Theatre, the Boulder Dam Hotel, the Boulder City airport, the Visitors Bureau, businesses, and houses.
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: N/A
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of the Hughes flight training school, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.
Date
1965 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
The public entrance of the Hughes Flight Training School is on the left. The door at right leads into the auxiliary hangar area. Tonopah Highway is in the foreground. North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.
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