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Photograph of Howard Hughes in cockpit, New York, February 15, 1946

Date

1946-02-15

Description

Description given with photo: "After Non-Stop Coast to Coast Flight -- Pilot Howard Hughes (left) millionaire flier and movie producer, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens, relax at the controls of their Lock-heed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in new York City, Feb. 15 on Pre-Inaugural non-stop coast to coast flight from Burbank, Calif. the Constellation, named "Start of California" and carrying 34 passengers, including movie stars and a crew of seven, landed at LaGuardia Field eight hours and 38 minutes after leaving Burbank. 22/15/46."

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New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection

Identifier

MS-00459

Abstract

The New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection consists of materials from the "Heroes of 9-11" display that was at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2001 to 2012. The materials primarily consist of more than 5,000 t-shirts left at the memorial by visitors to Las Vegas, mostly from fire departments and law enforcement agencies from around the United States. Visitors left shirts and other items at the memorial as a sign of respect for the men and women who died during the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001. The collection also houses memorabilia and other items left at the memorial, including flags, hats, pins, buttons, flowers, and embroidered emblems and insignias. The materials also contain documentation of the memorial, including promotional and press materials, video recordings from the news media, photographs, and newspaper articles.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view from above of the Lockheed 14 aircraft after arriving in Minneapolis. The aircraft is preparing for a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view from above of the Lockheed 14 aircraft after arriving in Minneapolis. The aircraft is preparing for a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft landing in Paris, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes' plane arriving at Paris on the Around the World flight.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14 in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

A view of Howard Hughes after disembarking the Lockheed 14 aircraft.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, Houston, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich (the chief Executive Officer of the Howard Hughes Corporation from 1925-1957), during a dinner in Houston honoring Hughes' world flight.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in cockpit, New York, February 15, 1946

Date

1946-02-15

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 the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft preparing for a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "The arrival of Howard Hughes and his globe girdlers at Minneapolis to refuel before starting their last leg of a trip around the world. 7-14-38"

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