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Peppermill Concert Hall mounted sign, Wendover, Nevada
Date
2021
Archival Collection
Description
A mounted sign for the Peppermill Concert Hall at night with lit neon.
680 Wendover Blvd, West Wendover, NV 89883
Peppermill Concert Hall
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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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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Virginia City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947
Date
1947-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes at the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing in Washington. Written on back: "Howard Hughes."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes with the second XF-11, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes signing the flight plan in front of the second XF-11.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes amongst a crowd in Chicago, Illinois, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Lockheed 14 aircraft after landing it in Chicago.
Image
North Las Vegas City Hall is seen behind a residential neighborhood on Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2018 December 04
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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North Las Vegas City Hall is seen behind a residential neighborhood on Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2018 December 04
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
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North Las Vegas City Hall building with car on Civic Center Drive, looking west in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2019 February 06
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Exterior view of the former North Las Vegas City Hall building on Civic Center Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2019 February 06
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00394
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A
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