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Folder 02, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Collection Cabinets [Cabinet: 12, Drawer: A], PH--00321, Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Construction of one of the wings of the Hughes Flying Boat in a hangar at the Hughes Aircraft Company, 1945 June 01
  2. Howard Hughes giving a news conference beside his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
  3. Fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being transported from a hangar by truck, 1945 June
  4. Howard Hughes and others next to an airplane, 1947 November 17
  5. Howard Hughes emerging from his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
  6. Flying Boat hull being moved from the Culver City plant to a dock on Terminal Island in Long Beach, California, 1946
  7. Howard Hughes giving a news conference beside his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
  8. Fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transport on a moving truck rig on a narrow road in the country on its way to Long Beach Harbor, 1945 June 15
  9. Howard Hughes at a reception, undated
  10. Howard Hughes standing under the propeller of a Douglas DC-3, 1947
  11. Howard Hughes under the propeller of his Douglas DC-3 aircraft, 1947 April
  12. One of the wings of the Hughes Flying Boat being transported by truck on a narrow road in the country on its way towards the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946 June
  13. Howard Hughes after the landing of the second XF-11, 1947
  14. Howard Hughes in the cockpit of his Douglas DC-3 aircraft, 1947 April
  15. Hughes Flying Boat and workers at Pier E on the Long Beach Harbor in California, 1947 January 08
  16. Aerial view of the Hughes Flying Boat at Pier E in Long Beach, California, 1947 June 23
  17. Aerial view of the Flying Boat docked at the Los Angeles (now Long Beach) Harbor, 1947 June 23
  18. Interior of the Flying Boat looking toward the tail, 1947
  19. Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the famed Hughes Flying Boat, Long Beach Harbor, California, 1947 May 12
  20. Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat discusses with his flight engineer and radio operator plans for testing the aircraft, 1947 November 01
  21. Howard Hughes talks over details of testing of his the Flying Boat with Chalmer Bowen and Gale J. Moore, 1947 November 01
  22. Howard Hughes at the controls of the Flying Boat prior to its first taxi tests in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947 November 01
  23. Unidentified men in the interior of Howard Hughes's Flying Boat prior to initial water taxi tests to be conducted with Hughes at the controls, 1947 November 02
  24. Hughes's Flying Boat was launched for the first time at Long Beach Harbor, California, 1947 November 01