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Postcard of Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City (Utah), July 3, 1929

Date

1929-07-03

Description

Postcard front - Wasatch Mountains seen from Liberty Peak in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Ceremony at Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 March 15

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00277
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 24

Archival Component

People at Frank T. Crowe Memorial Park, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 March 15

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00277
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 24

Archival Component

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), July 15, 1941

Date

1941-07-15

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken reporting to Strong that in relation to the water due to the Stewart family, a miner's inch equals 11.22 gallons per minute.

Text

City Ordinances, 1911 July 18 to 1933 March 31

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas City Commission Records
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Collection Number: MS-00237
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: No Container 00

Archival Component

Trip to Mexico City, Mexico, Culinary Union, circa 1996 (folder 1 of 1), image 15

Date

1995 to 1997

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

Image

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

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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