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New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 007
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 008
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 009
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 010
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 011
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 012
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards, image 013
Description
Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (Opened January 3, 1997) (1997-2000)
Hughes Aircraft HK-1 or Flying Boat wing assembly being completed in a hangar in Hughes's factory in Culver City, California, approximately 1942-1946
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Hall and Mirrors
Date
1980
Archival Collection
Description
Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- 15th Edition partial revision -- Set design drawings by Charles Lisanby
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
Archival Collection
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."
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