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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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Boulder City, Nevada Financial Reports and Budgets
Identifier
MS-00695
Abstract
Collection is comprised of annual budgets, financial statements, and auditor's reports dating from 1976 to 1989 created for the city of Boulder City, Nevada and adopted by the City Council.
Archival Collection
Home Water Supplies and Improvements Project, 1936 to 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00181
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Plane at the new depot in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1938 December 22
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00364
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Collection Name: Boulder City 31ers Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Archival Component
Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, April 12, 1938
Date
1938-04-12
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the downstream face of Hoover Dam and its power plant at night, as seen from the lower portal road at the dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Reinhold, Robert. Gambling in America: Las Vegas' Goal is Transformation from Sin City to Family Vacation Town, New York Times, 1989 May 30
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 16
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 16
Archival Component
Photograph of Etna, Lincoln County, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photo of Etna near Caliente on railroad, Lincoln County.
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Photograph of people outside a house in Elmira, New York, 1916
Date
1916
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photogrpah: "1916. Honeymoon-Aunt Jess Swartwood house, Elmira, New York"
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