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Radar safety control system for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a Trans World Airline plane, at Culver City, California, 1947 May 03

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 24

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Radar safety control system for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a Trans World Airline plane, at Culver City, California, 1947 May 03

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 24

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Radar safety control system for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a Trans World Airline plane, at Culver City, California, 1947 May 03

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 24

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City of Las Vegas; General Plan - Summary Edition by Las Vegas City Council, approximately 1960 to 1980

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Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01027
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 87

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Single Family homes in Sun City MacDonald Ranch, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-12

Description

Homes in the Sun City MacDonald Ranch as seen from the City View Trail in Henderson.

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Boulder City, Nevada and Hoover Dam photographs, 1930-1935

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Materials depict the construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1935. The photographs primarily depict construction of the master planned community of Boulder City, which was built to house workers during the construction of the dam. The photographs also depict construction of the dam, surveyors working in Black Canyon and on the Colorado River, and buildings in Boulder City. The photographs also depict Williamsville, the small settlement that preceded Boulder City.

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Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

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Letter from A. M. Folger to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), February 28, 1948

Date

1948-02-28

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Description

Request for the drill logs of area wells to see the probable chance of success for a contemplated well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch: slides of urban scenes and city circulation diagrams, 1981-1985

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File

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Frank Reynolds Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00926
Collection Name: Frank Reynolds Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)

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Panoramic photograph of downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933 - late 1930s

Date

1933 to 1939

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Description

View of downtown Boulder City seen from Government Park (later Wilbur Square Park). Well known buildings can be seen from this angle, including St. Andrew's Catholic Church (left), City Hall (left, center), the Boulder Theater building that contained the Boulder Dam Service Bureau (right, center), and the Boulder Dam Hotel (right).

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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-circa 1940s

Date

1931 (year uncertain; year approximate) to Unknown year in the decade of the 1940s

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Description

An image of Arizona Street (pointing northeast) in Boulder City. From this view point, may different city shops are visible, such as a Shell gas station, the Visitors Bureau, and the Nava-Hopi Trading Post, as well as a sign directing visitors to the nearby Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam Visitors Bureau was originally known as the Boulder Dam Tourist Service Bureau, as the dam's name officially changed in 1947.

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