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Aerial view of Las Vegas, Nevada, focus on stockyards and shops: photographic print and negative, 1930

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Ray Cutright Collection of Winthrop A. Davis Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00123
Collection Name: Ray Cutright Collection of Winthrop A. Davis Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-022

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, 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.

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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to 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. The airship photographing the scene is shown by shadow.

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Glass slides of Las Vegas hotels and aerial views of Clark County (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 1 of 3)

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Slides collected by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 depict Las Vegas and Clark County during the 1950s and the 1960s. Individual photographs show the Strip, downtown Las Vegas, Boulder City, Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam, and individual hotels (including the Flamingo, Tropicana, El Rancho, Dunes, Sahara, Desert Inn, Stardust, Landmark, Thunderbird, Sands, Tallyho, Riviera, Golden Nugget, Mint, Binion's Horsehoe, Pioneer Club, Fremont, and Four Queens). Aerial shots and photographs of buildings under construction, marquees, and interiors are included. There are also photos of showgirls and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Tray 1 of 3. The original slides were retained by the Union.Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slides

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Photograph showing an aerial view of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona border, April 10, 2012

Date

2012-04-10

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notes: "Aerial view, April 10, 2012. Note: I was commissioned to photograph over the bridge and dam in April 2012, more than a year after my project was complete." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

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#70212: Aerial view of UNLV campus circa 1972 (scan from UNLV Special Collections)

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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

Aerial photograph showing railroad siding and water storage tanks, Basic Magnesium Inc., Henderson, Nevada, October 8, 1941

Date

1941-10-08

Description

Aerial view looking east that shows the temporary rail siding and water storage tanks south of the Basic Magnesium Inc. site.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "McNeil construction Co. Magnesium plant, Las Vegas, Nevada, 10-8-41"

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Photograph showing an aerial view of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona border, April 10, 2012

Date

2012-04-10

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notes: "Aerial view, April 10, 2012. Note: I was commissioned to photograph over the bridge and dam in April 2012, more than a year after my project was complete." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

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