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Aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip, undated

Level of Description

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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: Binder PB-007, Flat File 01

Archival Component

Negative: Aerial view of Las Vegas, 1929

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-016 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Negative: Aerial view of Las Vegas, 1929

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-016 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Negative: Aerial view of Las Vegas, 1929

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-016 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of five Thunderbirds planes performing aerial stunts, 1980

Date

1980

Description

United States Air Force Thunderbird precision flying team performing aerial stunts. (1980)

Image

Aerial photograph of Frenchman Mountain looking southwest, May 4, 1949

Date

1949-05-04

Description

Aerial view of Frenchman Mountain, with the Las Vegas Valley behind it.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten notes on back: "View SW"

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Aerial photograph of Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Black Canyon, circa 1935-1936

Date

1935 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial view of Boulder Dam with open jet flow gates (outlet works). The name was officially changed to Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Aerial view of Carver's Station: photographic print

Date

1950 to 1953

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The station itself is visible beside the road just above the trees. In those days most small airplanes landed on the highway, but some contractors were working in the area and one had a plane that was too large to land on the highway, so a small airstrip was constructed for landing, visible to the right of Carver’s Station.

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas looking south, 1930

Date

1930

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1930.

Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve: 'Shows stockyards and car shops. Creek is overflow from UP artesian well. Site of earliest ranch in area. Creek had mosquito minnows in it - a native species. Only source of water for Las Vegas. Water carried in a 20-24'' wooden pipe.' (James J. Hester, from W.A. Davis, photographer. April 1992)

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Aerial photograph of Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas, January 18, 1966

Date

1966-01-18

Description

An aerial picture of the construction of the North Las Vegas Public Library and Civic Center Drive looking north. Many residential areas can be seen in the background.

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