An image showing an aerial view of Davis Dam on the Colorado River. Located within Pyramid Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, Davis Dam was constructed on the Colorado River 67 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Due to the Mexican Treaty of 1944, the United States was required to construct Davis Dam for regulation of water to be delivered to Mexico.

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. Photo includes image of a blimp used to take some of the aerial photographs.

James Weslowski interviews John Cahlan (1902-1988) in Cahlan’s home about the history of Las Vegas. Cahlan provides mostly his own narrative about the beginning of Nellis Air Force Base, originally named the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School for the Army Air Corps. He also discusses the role of the city commissioners in establishing Nellis as a permanent airbase, as well as the role of Western Air Express, a commercial air company which eventually became Western Airlines.

A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue (south side, in a trailer park). A sign leaning against the building has the the numbers "P-5" and R-107" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.

The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Crowd greeting Howard Hughes and crew at floyd Bennett Airport after completing Round-the-World flight."

Photographer's notes: "View of the bridge, dam, and Lake Mead from the top of Sugarloaf on the Arizona side, July 30, 2010." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge