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Virginia City, Nevada before 1875 fire, 1875

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File

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Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00021
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02

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Firefighters Union and City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1972

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File

Archival Collection

Oran K. Gragson Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00170
Collection Name: Oran K. Gragson Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Commencement addresses: Carson City and Reno, June 2 and 9, 1967

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File

Archival Collection

Alan Bible Collection of Speeches
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Collection Number: MS-00506
Collection Name: Alan Bible Collection of Speeches
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Las Vegas City Hall proclamation presentation, 2002

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Item

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American Red Cross Southern Nevada Chapter Records
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Collection Number: MS-00600
Collection Name: American Red Cross Southern Nevada Chapter Records
Box/Folder: Box 03

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World Wide Mobile City Trailer Park, 1961

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File

Archival Collection

Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
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Collection Number: MS-00177
Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Box 86

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Virginia City Times: newspaper, 1900

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File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Newspapers
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Collection Number: MS-01158
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Newspapers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02

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Boulder City Museum and Historical Association: correspondence, 2024

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File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Personal Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01099
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 45 (Restrictions apply)

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Hughes Aircraft; Howard Hughes and Aviation, Roots of Hughes, undated

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File

Archival Collection

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11

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Photograph of the East Wye separating road, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1935

Date

1934 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image of two vehicles traveling down a truck route near East Wye road, which has a pathway to Boulder City branching out from its side. In relation to where the image was taken, the pathway to Boulder City is going east.

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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

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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