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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1935-1945
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Materials contain photographs of the Hughes H-1 Racer aircraft from 1935 to 1945. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Neil Dalmas on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.
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Howard Hughes' inventory of Scarface reels, includes domestic and international requests to find undamaged reels for Hughes' private viewing, 1955 November 03 to 1972 June 02
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 377 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938
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Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering: Mero Structures, Inc. correspondence, product samples, subcontracts, and electrical details, 1988
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
Box/Folder: Box 095
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Chicago, July 29, 1938
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"Las Vegas, Nevada Selected Real Estate Holdings, the Estate of Howard R. Hughes, Jr.", booklet, 1980 November
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
Box/Folder: Box 37
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Tom Morgan to Ron Boeddeker, partial letter discussing land acquisition by Howard Hughes, 1996 November 06
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
Box/Folder: Box 15
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft leaving France, July 1938
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