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Photograph of the Lockheed 14, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft taking off for Paris.

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Photograph of a drill bit at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "LITTLE BIT Only an inch and a quarter in diameter, this "microbit" enables engineers at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, to estimate the performance of full-size bits for the oil drilling industry. The company operates the largest testing laboratory of its kind anywhere in the world and produces thousands of rock bits necessary to drill deeper and deeper as the world's shallow oil wells have become exhausted. Howard Hughes terms the Hughes Tool company the "keystone" of his industrial empire."

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Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."

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Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00329

Abstract

The Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (1986) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints and conceptual sketches of the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The photographs depict casino patrons in various locations throughout the Showboat, and the sketches show exterior and interior designs.

Archival Collection

Men working on Hughes rock drilling bit piece 5411-482 at the Hughes Tool company in Houston, Texas, approximately 1950-1959

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 16

Archival Component

General Ira C. Eaker, the Vice President of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft, giving an unidentified man an award, approximately 1940-1959

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 16

Archival Component

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Las Vegas) regarding Las Vegas water supply, June 9, 1938

Date

1938-06-09

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas was just entering the hottest part of the year and well No. 1 had dropped off production considerably.

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Photograph of Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947

Date

1947

Description

The Hughes HK-1 Hercules Flying Boat shown tied to its dock at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor in 1947.

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Senators Howard Cannon and Edward Kennedy: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Young stallion named Snit belonging to John Hughes: photographic print

Date

1938

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. The horse was a mustang and was caught on the open range in the Pahrump Valley.

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