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Lockheed 14 in a hangar at Le Bourget Airfield, France, 1938 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, December 8, 1959 to February 17, 1960
Date
1959-12-08 to 1960-02-17
Archival Collection
Description
Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, December 8, 1959 to February 17, 1960
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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959
Date
1957-11-20 to 1959-12-02
Archival Collection
Description
Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 20, 1957 to December 2, 1959
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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 7, 1949 to May 21, 1952
Date
1949-11-07 to 1952-05-21
Archival Collection
Description
Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 7, 1949 to May 21, 1952
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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1937 to August 4, 1942
Date
1937-02-17 to 1942-08-04
Archival Collection
Description
Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1937 to August 4, 1942
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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949
Date
1947-01-07 to 1949-10-26
Archival Collection
Description
Bound volume of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, January 7, 1947 to October 26, 1949
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Boulder City. The outlines of the small city are distinctively marked by the stark contrast between the city's greenery and the surrounding desert. Note: Bits of the airplane from which the image itself was taken can be seen in the upper right corner of the photograph.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Lockheed-14 plane, Le Bourget, France, July 11, 1938
Date
1938-07-11
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd at Le Bourget Field in France, in front of a Lockheed-14, July 11, 1938. Le Bourget (Airport : Le Bourget, France)
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Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, Wichita, Kansas, 1938 July 03
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." 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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