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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (third from left) standing with unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes standing with a group of unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, April 21, 1936

Date

1936-04-21

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in the Northop Gamma Racer in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Hughes sets new Miami-New York record Howard Hughes, Millionaire flier and pictured in the cockpit of his low-wing Northrop all-metal, plane, shortly after landing in New York, April 21st, 4 hours and 22 minutes after having taken off from Miami, Fla. He had beaten the record established by Jimmy Wedel in July 1933, by 36 minutes."

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

The street view of a parade held for Howard Hughes in Chicago. Hughes can be seen sitting in the center of the first black car in line.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (bottom row, fourth from the right) standing with a group of unidentified men possibly in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (facing the camera) standing amongst a crowd of unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of airplane controls, July 9, 1938

Date

1938-07-09

Description

A close up of the control board in a Howard Hughes plane, likely the Lockheed L-14 Super Electra.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (left) standing beside unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946

Date

1946-07-07

Description

Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the new XF-11 reconnaissance plane which he designed and built in conjuntion with Air Material Command engineers. He is preparing for its first flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, it can attain a speed of over 400 miles per hour."

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