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Photograph of Howard Hughes in France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on back of photograph: "Night scene at Le Bouget Field before Howard Hughes took off for Moscow."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Moscow, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Hughes catches up with cables in Moscow. Moscow---Howard Hughes, sorting a packet of congratulatory cables on his arrival in Moscow. He was just beginning to sprout stubble with which he returned to New York, after his record-smashing round-the-world dash. 7/25/38"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Moscow, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd in Moscow. The Lockheed L-14 Super Electra can be seen in the background behind the crowd.
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Aerial photograph of an unknown landscape, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial photograph possibly showing Fairbanks, Alaska. There is an arrow indicating a place which may be a landing sight for Howard Hughes' Lockheed L-14 Super Electra plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 airplane, June 1938
Date
1938-06
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the Lockheed 14 airplane outside a hangar at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, June 04, 1938
Date
1938-06-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes leaving his private hangar as he is wished "happy landings" and well wishes by friends before he boards his speedy Lockheed plane at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
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Photograph of Parker Dam, circa 1938-1940s
Date
1938 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Parker Dam on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Parker Dam is commonly referred to as "the deepest dam in the world" because 73% of the dam's structural height is positioned below the original river bed. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Peppermill Concert Hall mounted sign, Wendover, Nevada
Date
2021
Archival Collection
Description
A mounted sign for the Peppermill Concert Hall at night with lit neon.
680 Wendover Blvd, West Wendover, NV 89883
Peppermill Concert Hall
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Photograph of radio operators, July 13, 1938
Date
1938-07-13
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of radio operators assisting Howard Hughes on his flight. Text printed on accompanying paper strip: "Keeping in touch with Hughes' flight. L to R: Standing -- Charles Perrine and Al Lodwick. Seated are radio operators Gordon Gregory and Gus Kovatz. 7/13/38 Press Association."
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