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Housing. City of Las Vegas Open Space Application. Contains correspondence and memos, 1966 August to 1967 July

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 15 (90th Session)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." 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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July Reel Deal, 1992 July

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File

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Box 377

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Howard Hughes receives congratulations from New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at Floyd Bennett Airport in Brooklyn, New York; also featured is Grover Whalen, 1938 July 12

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06

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Photograph of costumed children for the 4th of July, circa 1930s-1950s

Date

1930 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. The children stand in three row as they don sailor costumes with matching sailor hats.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation into illegal fishing at Pyramid Lake, Nevada, letters and reports, photocopies, approximately 1938 January to 1938 May

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File

Archival Collection

Martha C. Knack and Omer C. Stewart Research Papers on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
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Collection Number: MS-00274
Collection Name: Martha C. Knack and Omer C. Stewart Research Papers on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Box/Folder: Box 05

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