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Correspondence about Northumberland Caves, 1938

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Nevada Division of State Parks Records
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Collection Number: MS-00136
Collection Name: Nevada Division of State Parks Records
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Peggy Phillips journal, 1938-1940

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Peggy Hyde Phillips Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00401
Collection Name: Peggy Hyde Phillips Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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"A History of Lincoln County" manuscript, 1938

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Elbert Edwards Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00311
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Adult Games A Catalog: booklet, 1938

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UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
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Collection Number: MS-00916
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
Box/Folder: Box 10

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Radio program, January 29, 1938

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File

Archival Collection

Joseph "Wingy" Manone Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00442
Collection Name: Joseph "Wingy" Manone Papers
Box/Folder: Box 1

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Cardo Mfg. Company, approximately 1938

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Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
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Collection Number: MS-00460
Collection Name: Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
Box/Folder: Box 116 (Restrictions apply)

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Republican newspaper clippings, 1938-1965

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File

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Stocker Family Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00154
Collection Name: Stocker Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 3

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View from the front gate, 1938

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File

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Robert Worts Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00007
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01

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Certificates of tax redemption, 1938-1939

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File

Archival Collection

Fayle Family Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00404
Collection Name: Fayle Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 13

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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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