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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "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.
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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "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.
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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.
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Howard Cannon with an unidentified man: photographic print
Date
1991-02-13
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Howard Cannon with an unidentified group: photographic print
Date
1980-11
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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Howard Cannon seated at a conference: photographic print
Date
1959 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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United Artists film audit and distribution returns report, 1938 March 29
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 092 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 092 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Prospectus for the Lightning Creek Mine, Wingdam, British Columbia, approximately 1937 to 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 520 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 520 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Reservoir, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
The reservoir and sleeping shed at Corn Creek Ranch.
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to this image: "This crowd gathered at Floyd Bennett Airport to watch Howard Hughes take off on his flight to Paris with a crew of four. New York, New York."
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