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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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McDonald, John. Howard Hughes's biggest surprises, Fortune 74(1), 1966 July 01
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 08
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Turner, Wallace. All the Hughes that's fit to print, Esquire 76(1), 1971 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 11
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
New York City Off-track Betting Corporation audited financial statements, 1996
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 084
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 084
Archival Component
New York City Economic Development Corporation request for proposals and consultant contract, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 163
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 163
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ACT-UP protest in New York City: phtographic print, 1991 November 12
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 043
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 043
Archival Component
Map of the city of Las Vegas, 1953
Date
1953
Description
24 x 38 cm. on sheet 43 x 56 cm., folded to 28 x 13 cm. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas businesses. Advertisements for Las Vegas businesses, inset map of North Las Vegas, and index on verso. Copyright held by Redwood Pub. Co. Includes inset map of the Strip (U.S. 91 or Los Angeles Highway). Map is irregularly shaped. Original publisher: Redwood Pub. Co..
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New York, New York Hotel and Casino, image 001: postcard
Date
1997
Archival Collection
Description
New York, New York Hotel Casino, Las Vegas. (1997)
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New York, New York Hotel and Casino, image 002: postcard
Date
1997-01-03
Archival Collection
Description
New York, New York Hotel and Casino, when it opened 1/3/97.
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New York, New York Hotel and Casino, image 003: postcard
Date
1997
Archival Collection
Description
New York, New York Hotel Casino, Las Vegas. (1997)
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