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HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat, 1947 November 02
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Archival Component
Hughes Laboratory machine shop, approximately 1940-1959
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 16
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 16
Archival Component
Photographs of Hughes production plants and offices, 1941-1997
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 55
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 55
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the main office and plant of the Hughes Tool Company, in Houston, Texas.
Image
Newspaper clippings about Hughes employees, 1948-1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 49
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 49
Archival Component
Photograph of a drill bit at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "LITTLE BIT Only an inch and a quarter in diameter, this "microbit" enables engineers at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, to estimate the performance of full-size bits for the oil drilling industry. The company operates the largest testing laboratory of its kind anywhere in the world and produces thousands of rock bits necessary to drill deeper and deeper as the world's shallow oil wells have become exhausted. Howard Hughes terms the Hughes Tool company the "keystone" of his industrial empire."
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Photograph of Welcome home, Howard! billboard, Las Vegas, 1972
Date
1972
Description
Billboard reading Welcome home, Howard!, dedicated to Howard Hughes in 1972, located on Desert Inn Road behind the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Landmark Hotel tower is seen behind the Convention Center dome.
Image
Howard Cannon attends the National Air Carrier Association anniversary luncheon: photographic print
Date
1968-02
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Howard Cannon attends the National Air Carrier Association anniversary luncheon: photographic print
Date
1968-02
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Photograph of the first XF-11 plane at the Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, July 3, 1947
Date
1946-07-03
Archival Collection
Description
The XF-11 plane before its first flight at the Hughes Airport in Culver City, California.
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