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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 landing in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' plane landing at Fairbanks, Alaska, on flight around the world. 7/15/1938"
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Photograph of Wengert children, 1935-1938
Date
1935 to 1938
Archival Collection
Description
Four of the Wengert children, Ward, Marilyn, Shirley, and Robert, stand and pose together outdoors.
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Photograph of Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
Date
1937 to 1938
Archival Collection
Description
A street scene of downtown Beatty. "Beatty Nevada Gateway to Death Valley" is written on the bottom of the photo.
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Foulsham's Original Old Moore's Almanack for 1938. London: W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., 1938
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Archival Component
Photograph of airplane controls, July 9, 1938
Date
1938-07-09
Archival Collection
Description
A close up of the control board in a Howard Hughes plane, likely the Lockheed L-14 Super Electra.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Jessee Jones, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on back of photograph: "Leaving the State Department. Left to right: Jesse Jones, Howard Hughes, Harold Brayman. July 1938."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Le Bourget, France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes reading maps and studying his way in the meteorological office at the Le Bourget. July 1938"
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Photograph of Reservoir, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The reservoir and sleeping shed at Corn Creek Ranch.
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Photograph of Shirley Wengert, circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Young Shirley Wengert posing in front of a fence and house. Here she is estimated to be around three years old.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on back of photograph: "World-fame drops on City out of blue, sunny skies: Fame came to the municipal airport and the city of Minneapolis in a flash of silver and a roar at 7:38 am, July 14, 1938 when Howard Hughes swooped to Earth in his Droning Silver Bullet on his record breaking round-the-world flight. Photo-courtesy "The Minneapolis Star" Board of Park Commissions. 325 City Hall Minneapolis Minn."
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