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Barracks, 1941 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nellis Air Force Base Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00028
Collection Name: Nellis Air Force Base Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Final assembly, 1946 July 12

Level of Description

Item

Scope and Contents

This sheet contains an index of mechanical component locations referencing some of the other sheets.

Archival Collection

Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane
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Collection Number: MS-00920
Collection Name: Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane
Box/Folder: Roll 01

Archival Component

Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), June 21, 1950

Date

1950-06-21

Archival Collection

Description

List of wells owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the amount of water granted to each.

Text

Great Oaks Manor, 1968 July 19; 1968 July 29

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Ethan Jennings Jr. Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00788
Collection Name: Ethan Jennings Jr. Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 065

Archival Component

Photograph of a crowd watching the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. The men are raising the power lines so the fuselage can pass under.

Image

Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying boat, as it returns from its historic test flight, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

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

Edgewater Hotel Expansion, 1983 July 18; 1983 July 27

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: redlining and floor plans.

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 168

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa early 1960s

Date

1960 to 1965

Description

Aerial view of the airport at Hughes' aircraft plant in Culver City, California. The airport's runway was in operation from 1941 to 1985.

Image

Photograph of the fuselage section of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

Image