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Howard Cannon examines a missile nose cone at the World Congress of Flight, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1959-04-12 (approximate) to 1959-04-19 (approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947

Date

1947-08-08

Description

Description given with photo: "Hughes, Attorneys, Resume Stand For Third Day. Washington, D.C. Noah Deitrich, seated, left, vice president of the Hughes Aircraft Co., told the Brewster Committee today that Maj. Gen. Oliver Echois, former AAF procurement (?) chief, refused to do business with Howard Hughes, right, because he "disliked" the multi-millionaire air-plane builder. Hughes' counsel, Thomas I. Slack, standing, is shown as he interrupted Deitrich's testimony to fire a question at the war contract probers. -INP Photo by G.B. Kress- 8/8/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947

Date

1947-08-08

Description

Description given with photo: "Cogitation Concentration Jubilation, Washington, D.C. - Three interesting studies of plane-builder, movie-maker and headline-maker Howard Hughes as he returned to the witness stand before the Senate War Investigating Committee today to answer questions relating to his wartime plane-building contracts. During his testimony today, Hughes said he wishes to absolve shipbuilder Henry Kaiser from any criticism in connection with the 200-ton flying boat that is one of the issues in the current probe. Photograph by G.B. Kress. 8/8/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes news conference, New York, April, 1947

Date

1947-04

Description

Howard Hughes at a press conference, standing in front of what is thought to be a DC-3.

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Photograph of Boulder City Library patrons, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Black and white image of three children reading at the Boulder City Library. The library was then housed in the basement of the city's municipal building.

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Postcard of Boulder City (Nev), 1931

Date

1931

Description

Illustration of Boulder City, in which many houses and neighborhoods can be seen. The caption reads: "Boulder City, Nevada. A model city built to house the workmen engaged on the Boulder Dam [later known as the Hoover Dam] Project."

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Howard Cannon in his Washington, D.C. office with an unidentified man: photographic print

Date

1991-02-13

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon posed with United States Air Force personnel: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon posed with unidentified men in front of a missile silo: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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