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Framed aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1976 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00265
Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 20
Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 20
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Mary E. Habbart by Pamela Larkins, July 15, 1975
Date
1975-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
On July 15, 1975, Pamela Larkins interviewed Mary E. Habbart (born 1897 in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Habbart’s personal family history and her family’s reasons for moving to Las Vegas. Habbart also describes social and economic changes to Las Vegas and her local dairy farm.
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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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Association of Motion Picture Producers, Incorporated, New York, New York censorship edits requested, 1933 May 22 to 1933 July 26
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 056 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 056 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
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
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: No Container 00
Archival Component
Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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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
Howard Hughes taking off from Newark, New Jersey for Indianapolis, Indiana, 1936 January
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Howard Cannon visits Grumman Aircraft Engineering Plant at Bethpage, Long Island, New York: photographic print
Date
1962-08
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Map of city of Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1, 1940
Date
1940-10-01
Description
'Compiled by C.D. Baker, Oct. 1, 1940.' Scale [ca. 1:11,400]. 1 in. to 950 ft. Cadastral map.
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