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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."
Image
Big Six Warehouse, Boulder City, Nevada, 1930
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Cressa Spring Hancock, Iowa City, Iowa, 1882
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Cressa Springer Hancock, Iowa City, Iowa, 1885
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Cressa Springer Hancock, Iowa City, Iowa, 1886
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
People outside cave that served as a city jail, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Lincoln County Museum Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00119
Collection Name: Lincoln County Museum Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Lincoln County Museum Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Store fronts in Boulder City, approximately 1930-1939
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00067
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component