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Howard Cannon in flight gear with an unidentified man in front of an aircraft: photographic print

Date

1959 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Air Force Photo by Nellis Air Force Base Nevada"

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Howard Cannon is congratulated by Lieutenant General Bernard Schriever on Cannon's promotion to Brigadier General: photographic print

Date

1961-03

Description

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

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Howard Cannon is congratulated by Lieutenant General Bernard Schriever on Cannon's promotion to Brigadier General: photographic print

Date

1964-08-01

Description

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

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Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, circa 1946

Date

1945 to 1947

Description

A view of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules in California.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Las Vegas) regarding Las Vegas water supply, June 9, 1938

Date

1938-06-09

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas was just entering the hottest part of the year and well No. 1 had dropped off production considerably.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, standing by the XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "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 Howard Hughes and Thomas A. Slack, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947

Date

1947-11-08

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes conferring with Attn. Thomas Slack."

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Photograph of three faces of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1936

Date

1936-07-14

Description

Three head shots of Howard Hughes in the back seat of a car enroute to his hotel in New York.

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

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

A distant view of one of Howard Hughes' planes.

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

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

A distant view of one of Howard Hughes' planes.

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