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Howard Hughes submitting written questions to Senator Homer Ferguson, 1947 November 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 28
Archival Component
Howard Hughes submitting written questions to Senator Homer Ferguson, 1947 November 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 28
Archival Component
Howard Hughes at the controls of the HK-1 Hercules with co-pilot and navigators, 1947 November 02
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 28
Archival Component
Howard Hughes at the controls of the HK-1 Hercules with co-pilot and navigators, 1947 November 02
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 28
Archival Component
Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.
Text
Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to Nevada Public Service Commission (Carson City), August 10, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas City Commission instructed the city attorney to demand that the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. proceed immediately to augment the present water supply.
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. 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 Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Hughes Aircraft Company under construction, Culver City, California, approximately 1941
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Archival Component
Aerial view of the Hughes Aircraft Culver City plant, approximately 1960-1969
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Newspaper clippings about Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City, 1948-1954
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 07
Archival Component