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Dick Graves' The Nugget Round House Dining Room (Carson City, NV): menu, 1955 July 18
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Item
Archival Collection
Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
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Collection Number: MS-01093
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 06
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 06
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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
Archival Collection
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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Housing. City of Las Vegas Open Space Application. Contains correspondence and memos, 1966 August to 1967 July
Level of Description
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)
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 15 (90th Session)
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Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 001
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 002
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 003
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 004
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 005
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 006
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall: postcards, image 007
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Postcards - Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, NV. (before and after expansion)