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Photograph of an unidentified man and an airplane part, circa 1920s-1950s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a plane part during assembly.
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Photograph of an unidentified man and an airplane part, circa 1920s-1950s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a plane part during assembly.
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Photograph of an unidentified man and an airplane part, circa 1920s-1950s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a plane part during assembly.
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Photograph of an airplane part during assembly, circa 1920s-1950s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of an airplane part during assembly.
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Photograph of a corridor, circa 1920s-1950s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of an unidentified man walking down the corridor of a plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14, New York, circa 1920s-1950s
Date
1920 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes landing in the Lockheed 14 in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes lands in New York in flight from coast New York City-- the huge Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" of Howard Hughes, oil millionaire and air speed racer, being taxied to its hangar at Floyd Bennet field here, July 4th, shortly after landing on its leisurely trip from the Pacific Coast. Hughes and his crew will take off in it next week on a flight to Paris which may be followed by a flight around the world."
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Portrait photograph of young Howard Hughes
Date
1924 to 1946
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait photograph of a young Howard Hughes.
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Photograph of new machine shop for Research, Product and Metallurgical engineering departments, circa 1924
Date
1924
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to photograph: "LABORATORY MACHINE SHOP SPEEDS PRODUCT RESEARCH The Hughes Laboratory machine shop is devote to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for the Research, Product and Metallurgical engineering departments. This includes building new designs, new machines and new devices for preliminary testing."
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Photograph of Howard R. Hughes, Sr., with trench mining drill, Houston, Texas, September 29, 1917
Date
1917-09-29
Archival Collection
Description
Howard R. Hughes, Sr., standing outdoors by a trench mining drill, which is underneath a tent-like canopy. Part of the Sharps-Hughes Tool Company's Second and Girard Streets plant is seen in the background.
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Photograph of the interior of the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, circa 1917
Date
1916 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Interior of the Hughes Tool Company, at Second and Girard Streets in Houston, Texas. Shown is the lab where the trench mining drill was developed.
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