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Film transparency of downtown and the Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

A view of downtown Boulder City and the Nevada Highway. Buildings that can be seen include the Nava-Hopi Indian Store, the Green Hut Cafe, the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building, the Terminal Building, a Texaco service gas station, and Delmar's Drug.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947

Date

1947-05-03

Description

Description given with photo: "Radar Installed on Passenger Planes Culver City, Calif. -- Radar safety control system (cabinet, left, center) for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a trans-world airline plane, at Culver City, May 1st. Radar, with 500 and 2,000 foot warning signals, tells the pilot when he is approaching obstacles. Equipment is being installed in planes flying routes from San Francisco eastward to Shanghai. Credit (ACME) 5/3/47."

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