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"Fink's NYRA Proposal as It Would Affect OTB" for the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, 1981
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 045
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 045
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Friedman, Lewis and Gregory M. Kaladjian, "Casino Gambling in New York City: an Economic Development Strategy", 1977
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 078
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 078
Archival Component
Postcard of Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City (Utah), July 3, 1929
Date
1929-07-03
Description
Postcard back - Sent to Mr. E. S. Giles in Goldfield Nevada, dated 7/3/29. Reads: "Arrived in Salt Lake City to-day. Denver to-morrow. Everything O.K. Rich(?)"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." 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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Postcard of Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City (Utah), July 3, 1929
Date
1929-07-03
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard of the Wasatch Mountains seen from Liberty Peak in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sent to Mr. E. S. Giles in Goldfield Nevada.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and guest, New York, New York, September 18, 1946
Date
1946-09-18
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Fight Spectators, New York -- With an unidentified companion, multi-million dollar movie producer and aviation Howard Hughes watches the Louis-Mauriello title bout from a ringside seat Sept. 18. Full big 5. Creditline (ACME) 9/18/46."
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Howard Hughes standing with an unidentified reporter next to the second XF-11 after landing in New York, 1947 July
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File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Map of city of Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1, 1940
Date
1940-10-01
Description
'Compiled by C.D. Baker, Oct. 1, 1940.' Scale [ca. 1:11,400]. 1 in. to 950 ft. Cadastral map.
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