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Photograph of a small structure in Lost City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Rooms (house 47) Lost City"
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
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."
Image
Midway City/Pittman, Nevada
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Arizona Street in Boulder City. From this view point, may different city shops are visible, such as the Hoover Dam Visitors Bureau (left) and the Nava-Hopi Trading Post (right).
Image
Photograph of the city of Pioche (Nev.), circa 1916
Date
1917 to 1918
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of homes and building in Pioche. The mining operation can be seen on the far left side of the image on a sand hill.
Image
Menu for the Surrey Sportsman's Club, The Secretary's Feast, City of New York Restaurant, 1899 July 05
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00793
Collection Name: Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
The Lost Inca City, undated
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Arnold Shaw Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00432
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Papers
Box/Folder: Box 21
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Papers
Box/Folder: Box 21
Archival Component