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Hugh O'Brien and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary at the Sands Hotel: photographs
Date
1960-11
Archival Collection
Description
Series VII. Entertainers
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
Photograph of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it returns from its test flight, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A front view of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight, shown in the photo. The eight 3,000 horsepower engine lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. The huge wings, with a span of 320 feet carried the aircraft for one mile at a 100-mile per hour speed before Hughes put it back on the water.
Image
Photograph of a replica of the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A trophy modeled for display after the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1. The drill bit was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded.
Image
Boeing B-17 bomber aircraft in flight, Las Vegas Flexible Gunnery School, 1938-1944
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 02
Collection Name: Nellis Air Force Base Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Susan Haake Berry with winning jockey at Las Vegas Downs Racetrack, 1938 November 27
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
James Berry Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00024
Collection Name: James Berry Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: James Berry Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Hoover Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre covered with snow, approximately 1938-1939
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
Damage done to embankment and trackage structure at MP 430.00, east of Leith, Nevada, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Milepost 439.39, 1 mile east of Elgin showing 100 yards of track damaged, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Washout one milepost east of Caliente showing how track has been shifted, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Bridge 7.75; 12-span pile bridge with decking washed down-stream, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component