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View of city from hill above, Virginia City, Nevada: postcard

Date

1975 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Photograph of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it returns from its test flight, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

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.

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Lewis Homes Boulder City: Boulder City, Lewis Homes, 1983

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Farnsworth Collection on Housing in Clark County, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00497
Collection Name: Farnsworth Collection on Housing in Clark County, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Meeting: Carson City, Nevada and Boulder City, Nevada photographs, 2003

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
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Collection Number: MS-00292
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Box/Folder: Box 08

Archival Component

Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 3, 1933

Date

1933-03-03

Description

Black and white image showing a portion of Boulder City from Water Tank Hill. This photo is significant because it shows the Babcock & Wilcox Company housed under construction in the middle distance.

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Boulder City, Nevada -Boulder City, Overhead Wire Crossings, 1964

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88

Archival Component

Boulder City, Nevada - Proposed Industrial City - Nevada, 1956-1965

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88

Archival Component

City Code by City of Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1960 to 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01027
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 87

Archival Component

Photograph of Lily Pons, Howard Hughes, and Errol Flynn, Beverly Hills, California, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes sitting in between party attendees Lily Pons (left) and Errol Flynn (right) at a dining table located in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "At cocktail party given by singing star Los Angeles, Cal. -- Lily Pons, singing star; Howard Hughes, noted flier, and Errol Flynn (left to right) at the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LON PAR."

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Photographs of a document for the Boulder City 31ers, Boulder City (Nev.), April 11, 1987

Date

1987-04-11

Description

Letters from the Boulder City 31ers Club to the members regarding the 31st annual reunion on April 11, 1987.

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