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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949

Date

1947-01-07 to 1949-10-26

Archival Collection

Description

Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949

Text

Photograph of Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, and others with the first Hughes Aircraft Company radar antenna, 1952

Date

1952

Description

The first radar antenna produced at Hughes on Sept. 28, 1949 was returned for service three years later at the opening of a new service shop. Pictured from left to right are Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, Ray B. Parkhurst, and Harold George

Image

Photograph of an airport, Boulder City (Nev.), March 30, 1937

Date

1937-03-30

Description

A photograph taken by Rupert B. Spearman of the hub of the Boulder City Airport as seen from the roof of the Grand Canyon Airlines hanger on March 30, 1937. Site Name: Boulder City Municipal Airport (Boulder City, Nev.)

Image

Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."

Image

Photograph of people atop a tower awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people, possibly including reporters and members of the press, standing atop a tower as they wait for the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.

Image

Board of City Commissioners General Master Plan for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1959

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert Woodruff Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Carson '87; Carson City, Carson Valley - Telephone Directory by Carson City, 1987

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01027
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 86

Archival Component

The City of Las Vegas Department of Design and Development: "Destination City of Las Vegas", undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00648
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 15

Archival Component