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Photograph of Howard Cannon at the Helldorado parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1957

Date

1956 to 1958

Description

Howard Walter Cannon rides on a horse in the Helldorado parade on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mint Casino is under construction in the background. Site Name: The Mint Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 100 Fremont Street

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Howard Cannon posed in an airfield with others at the Air Force Ballistic Missile Headquarters, X-15 Test Facility in Los Angeles, California: photographic print

Date

1963-04-19

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official United States Air Force Photograph - Anderson AFB Washington 25, D.C."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes on ladder under the XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Transcribed from press release attached to photo: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers.

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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

The black and white view of an unidentified aircraft that is possibly being hoisted above or lowered to the ground.

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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

The black and white view of an unidentified aircraft that is possibly being hoisted above or lowered to the ground.

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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

The black and white view of an unidentified aircraft that is possibly being hoisted above or lowered to the ground.

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Howard Cannon attending a banquet with Senator Charles Percy and Egyptian President Ḥusnī Mubārak: photographic print

Date

1994-06-05

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Stratoliner in Glendale, California, August 30, 1939

Date

1939-08-30

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes' streamlined Stratoliner groomed for record dash. Glendale, Calif.-- With customary secrecy, Howard Hughes, millionaire oilman and speed-flier, is reported to be grooming his new $250,000, four-motored, streamlined Stratoliner(above) for another record-breaking transcontinental flight from Glendale, Calif., to New York. Hughes made the headlines some time ago when he broke the transcontinental record in a smaller ship. The new craft is pictured just before a trial flight at Glendale."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938

Date

1938

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the Lockheed 14 aircraft.

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