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Photograph of Lake Mead approaching the Lost City restorations, spring 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
The waters of Lake Mead are approaching the Lost City restorations
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Next stop-- Moscow! Le Bourget, France---- After making minor repairs, Howard Hughes and his companions took off from Le Bourget, to complete their record-smashing circuit of the globe in 3 days and 19 hours. The photo shows the Hughes plane, 'World's Fair, 1939,' propellers whirling, just before the takeoff for Moscow, second leg of the world flight."
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Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938
Date
1938-08-02
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."
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Savoy, menu, July 12, 1898
Date
1898-07-12
Archival Collection
Description
Note: It is possible that the word "Pinafore" mentioned on the cover of the menu refers to the well known Gibert and Sullivan comic opera called H.M.S. Pinafore. It was written in 1878. In 1899 this opera was revived at the Savoy Theater. It is assumed that this menu is from or the Savoy Hotel which was built next to the Savoy Theater Menu insert: Poems Restaurant: Savoy Hotel & Restaurant Location: London, England
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Photograph of basement stairway, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
Date
1938-01-10
Archival Collection
Description
Foot of stairway in basement room of Boulder City Museum. Camera is facing east (approximation).
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with a reporter, New York, July, 1947
Date
1947-07
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing with an unidentified reporter next to the second XF-11, after landing in New York.
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Photograph of museum lobby, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
Date
1938-01-10
Archival Collection
Description
First floor of Boulder City Museum room, looking north. Door at the right leads to the administrative Offices. Door at the right leads outside.
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Photograph of Lake Mead rising over Lost City, June 1938
Date
1938-06
Archival Collection
Description
The restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away. This is a portion of the first house restored
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the Lockheed 14 aircraft.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes supervising construction of the D-2, Culver City, California, 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (in white shirt) supervises construction of the Hughes D-2 at the Hughes Aircraft Company. in Culver City, California. The D-2 was the prototype of the XF-11.
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