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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a parade, Chicago, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Chicago Cheers Hughes and Companions, Chicago -- Howard Hughes, leader of the quintet that flew Around the World in 3 days, 19 hours, and Mayor Edward J. Kelly, of Chicago, riding at the head of the parade that the city staged in honor of Hughes and his four companions. Credit Lines (ACME) 7/30/38. (NY)."
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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946
Date
1946-06-13
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hercules Wing Squeezes Through Town Redondo Beach, Calif. - School children throng to watch the 34-ton wing section of Howard Hughes' Hercules, world's largest flying boat, as it is cautiously engineered on house-moving dollies through Redondo Beach, Calif., on the way to specially built $200,000 dock at Terminal Island, Calif. Creditline (ACME). 6/13/46."
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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946
Date
1946-06-13
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Giant Wing Nears End of Journey, Long Beach, Calif. -- Traveling at a snails pace of 2 1/2 miles per hour, hauling truck slowly pulls a wing of Howard Hughes' mammoth plane across a pontoon bridge in the Tideland Oil fields. Almost half the tremendous job of transporting the $200,000,000 flying boat to its destination has been completed. Credit (ACME). 6-14-46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Culver City, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Fuselage of Hughes' Hercules Leaves Hangar, Culver City, Calif - Cautiously moving down the field on dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant hangar, the 200-foot hull-fuselage of Howard Hughes' Hercules is made ready for the 28-mile trip to Terminal Island, Calif., where the air giant will be assembled. NY 80 Credit Line (ACME) 6/16/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, October 13, 1946
Date
1946-10-13
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes' "Hercules" Ready For Tests, Long Beach, Cal. -- An aerial view shows Howard Hughes' giant plywood seaplane "Hercules" ready for taxi tests at Long Beach. The initial flight of the plane, which cost $20,000,000 and will seat 700 persons, will not be attempted until early in 1947. #1 MGS for Credit. ACME. 10/13/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
Date
1946-09-11
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Before Hughes Took Off For New York, Los Angeles, Calif. - Multi-millionaire movie producer and aviator Howard Hughes is shown in front of this B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York Sept. 10th. Hughes, piloting the plane, landed at Kansas City to rest before continuing with the flight. He is the seal of approval on a film he made. Creditline (ACME) 9/11/46."
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Photograph of B-23 converted bomber containing Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
Date
1946-09-11
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the B-23 converted bomber carrying Howard Hughes as it prepares to take off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in cockpit, New York, February 15, 1946
Date
1946-02-15
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes, left, and other men who helped to pilot a Trans World Airline aircraft in New York.
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Photograph of Captain Jack Le Claire and James M. Landis examining equipment in a TWA aircraft, June 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Captain Jack Le Claire (left), TWA pilot, explains the Howard Hughes-designed airline radar "automatic terrain clearance indicator" to James M. Landis, right, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, June 1947.
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