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New York Mine, Silver City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00021
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
New York Mine, Silver City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00021
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
New York Mine, Silver City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00021
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.
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The Globe Theatre marquee in New York City: postcard
Date
1923
Archival Collection
Description
"Globe Theatre-New York City-1923. My first show. Grace Hayes age 25-1923. For Dillingham. Fred & Adele Astaire."-handwritten inscription by Grace Hayes. (postcard). Black and white duplicate in photo sleeve was not digitized.
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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, between December 15, 1933 and June, 1934
Date
1933 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of houses in Boulder City.
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Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of motorcycle police awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Motorcycle police on hand for Hughes' landing, New York city -- Motorcycle policemen lined up on Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to help keep in check the crowd of 30,000 persons that gathered to greet Howard Hughes and his heroic crew as they landed their giant Lockheed plain after their record-smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME). 7/14/38."
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Photograph of Anna Bailey at the Paramount Theatre, New York City
Date
unspecified year in XXXX
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Anna Bailey dancing onstage in front of a piano player at the Paramount Theatre in New York City.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Culver City, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Fuselage of Hughes' Hercules Leaves Hangar, Culver City, Calif - Cautiously moving down the field on dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant hangar, the 200-foot hull-fuselage of Howard Hughes' Hercules is made ready for the 28-mile trip to Terminal Island, Calif., where the air giant will be assembled. NY 80 Credit Line (ACME) 6/16/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes after being interviewed about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Republican of Washington, Senator Harry Cain in Culver City, California. Here Hughes' mustache has been digitally removed from the photo.
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