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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat, Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

Image

Aerial photograph of the second XF-11, Culver City, California, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

The XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Material Command engineers, sits in a field. Automobiles with cameras on top are parked, ready to chase the plane on its test flight.

Image

Diagrammed aerial photograph of Nevada (scaled at 1:1,000,000): photographic print, 1976

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection of Aerial Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00417
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Flat File 02

Archival Component

Black and white aerial images (2); color aerial images (3); images of exterior elevation drawings (2); black and white prints of an artist's exterior perspective rendering (3); and, color prints of an artist's exterior perspective rendering (3)

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes photographs by the Las Vegas News Bureau (Photographer) and photographic reproductions of artist's renderings by Watkins (artist) and Siegfried Knop (artist).

Archival Collection

Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 730

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada, photograph and negative, approximately 1929 to 1930

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00265
Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 08, Box 19

Archival Component

Aerial image of Levi's Factory in Henderson, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1997 to 2002

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00413
Collection Name: Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-049

Archival Component

Aerial image of Levi's Factory in Henderson, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1997 to 2002

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00413
Collection Name: Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-049

Archival Component

Aerial image of Levi's Factory in Henderson, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1997 to 2002

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00413
Collection Name: Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-049

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street, circa late 1940s

Date

1945 (year approximate)

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street. Jackie Gaughan's Plaza was originally named Union Plaza and is currently called the Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas as it appeared in the late 1940s. In the foreground stands the Union Pacific Depot where Jackie Gaughan's Plaza stands today."

Image

Aerial views of Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, 1983 December to 1984 January

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection of Aerial Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00417
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Aerial Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 18, Box 19

Archival Component