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Postcard of the Museum of Memories, Virginia City (Nev.), January 3, 1938
Date
1938-01-03
Description
Front of the postcard. Museum of Memories Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription says: "Read the "Drama of Comstock". 15 cents a copy."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Flying Boat at Terminal Island. (Inside fuselage to the rear taken from forward section) Long Beach, Cal."
Image
Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Hughes Airport in Culver City, now Playa Vista, California. This private airport was owned by Howard Hughes and used for projects of the Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Tool Company. Lincoln Boulevard can be seen in the foreground, and on the left are Jefferson Boulevard and Ballona Creek.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947
Date
1947-05-12
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946
Date
1946-06-15
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. Date stamped on back of photo.
Image
Photograph of the Lost City site, near Overton, Nevada, 1938-1939
Date
1938 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Circles formed of rocks and stones are seen outside a brick building at the Lost City site (or Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hercules Rolls Across Pontoon Bridge, Long Beach, Calif. -- The 220-foot, 60-ton fuselage-full, last section of Howard Hughes' $20,000,000 Flying Boat rolls across tricky pontoon bridge in Long Beach to complete a 28-mile trip to assembly dock at Terminal Island, Calif. The air giant is expected to try its wings early next year. Credit Line (ACME) NY."
Image
Howard Hughes after the landing of the second XF-11, 1947
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat, 1947
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component