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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Howard Hughes sitting inside the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes' Paris hop delayed by motor trouble. New York City-- Howard Hughes, millionaire oil man and speed flyer, in the cabin of his huge Lockheed plane as he waited impatiently for a crew of mechanics to repair one of the motors so that he could take off for Paris. He was forced to give up his plans to leave on July 9th when mechanics found that it would be impossible to change the 18 cylinders of his motors in time. Crews worked all night at the job. Rough spots were found in the cylinders during fuel consumption tests. Credit Line (ACME) 7/10/38 Burs SF."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Walter Huston on the set of The Outlaw, Hollywood, circa 1941

Date

1941

Description

Howard Hughes (holding script) talks with actor Walter Huston (sitting, at the left) on the set of the motion picture The Outlaw.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field after completing a round the world flight. 7-14-38 (Press Association)."

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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees welcoming Howard Hughes, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Crowd of Hughes Tool Company employees holds a welcome rally for Howard Hughes in Houston,Texas in 1938.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the propeller of his DC-3, April, 1947

Date

1947-04

Description

Howard Hughes under the propeller of his Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The photo was taken right before or after his first flight since the nearly fatal XF-11 crash in 1946.

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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946

Date

1946-06-13

Description

A view of a wing from Howard Hughes' Hercules being transported through California.

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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946

Date

1946-06-13

Description

A view of a wing from Howard Hughes' Hercules being transported through California.

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Photograph of the Howard Hughes operations headquarters, Hollywood, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Headquarters and communications center for Howard Hughes operations.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the second XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Howard Hughes prior to test-piloting the second XF-11 prototype, a duplicate of the plane which crashed on July 7 the previous year.

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Howard Hughes, newspaper clippings, 1968

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File

Archival Collection

Myram Borders Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00617
Collection Name: Myram Borders Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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