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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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New York City Off-track Betting Corporation audited financial statements, 1996

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 084

Archival Component

New York City Economic Development Corporation request for proposals and consultant contract, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 163

Archival Component

Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), June 21, 1950

Date

1950-06-21

Archival Collection

Description

List of wells owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the amount of water granted to each.

Text

ACT-UP protest in New York City: phtographic print, 1991 November 12

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 043

Archival Component

Aid to New York City. Contains memo to HWC from Aubrey, 1975 December

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03 (Las Vegas files)

Archival Component

New York, New York Hotel and Casino, image 001: postcard

Date

1997

Description

New York, New York Hotel Casino, Las Vegas. (1997)

Image

New York, New York Hotel and Casino, image 002: postcard

Date

1997-01-03

Description

New York, New York Hotel and Casino, when it opened 1/3/97.

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New York, New York Hotel and Casino, image 003: postcard

Date

1997

Description

New York, New York Hotel Casino, Las Vegas. (1997)

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#69821: A City Withing a City. The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan by Todd E. Robinson on July 30, 2014, 2014 July 30

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File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component