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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, Houston, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich (the chief Executive Officer of the Howard Hughes Corporation from 1925-1957), during a dinner in Houston honoring Hughes' world flight.
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Howard Hughes at Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937
Date
1937-01
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes being welcomed at Newark Airport after setting a new transcontinental record of 332 miles an hour.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Washington Airport, July 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Crowd of people watching Howard Hughes arrive at the Washington Airport in Washington D.C.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947
Date
1947-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "As Hughes Dropped "Blackmail" Charge - Washington, D.C., Howard Hughes, multi-millionaire air-plane builder, left, is shown leaning over the council table as he agreed to call of his "Blackmail" feud with Senator Owen Brewster at the end of today's heated session of the Senate Subcommittee's hearing of Hughes' wartime aircraft contracts. Committee members seated at the table (right) are: left to right: Senators J. Howard McGrath (D), Rhode Island: Claud Pepper (D), Florida: Homer Ferguson (R), Mich., chairman, and John J. Williams (R) del. spectators, reporters and photographers crowd around the committee table. Photograph by N.K. Benson 8/8/47." Another description given with photo: "Committee Closes Books On Hughes' Charges, Washington: Howard Hughes (right) exchanges remarks across the table with Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.), left, chairman of the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee, after the latter announced that the committee had closed its books on the inquiry into Hughes' charge that Sen. Owen Brewster attempted to "blackmail" him. Sitting next to Sen. Ferguson is committee member Sen. John J. Williams (R-Dela.), and standing directly behind Sen. Williams is Sen. Brewster (R-Maine), smiling broadly. Credit (ACME) 8/8/47."
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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946
Date
1946-06-13
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Wing of World's Largest Plane Moved, Culver city, Calif. - One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' Hercules inches toward Los Angeles harbor from Culver City, Calif., on house-moving dollies. Moving along at two miles an hour to Terminal Island for assembly, the wings will be followed in the 28-mile journey in a few days by the fuselage. Second wing section can be seen in rear. Credit Line (ACME) 6/13/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in a plane, Glendale, California, August 20, 1938
Date
1938-08-20
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes at the controls of plane before leaving Glendale, Calif., on a nonstop flight to New York. 8-20-38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, March 2, 1938
Date
1938-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in an Ambassador Hotel suite, Los Angeles, California, March 2, 1938.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on back of photograph: "July 14, 1938: Tired and bearded, Howard Hughes was surrounded as he left his plane at the municipal airport (World-Chamberlain Field) to secure weather information before leaving Minneapolis to complete his record-breaking around-the-world flight-- the fastest flight ever made in circumnavigating the globe. Photo-courtesy "The Minneapolis Star" Board of Park Commissions 325 City Hall Minneapolis, Minn."
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, December 15, 1933-June, 1934
Date
1933 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of houses from the water tank in Boulder City. This photo was taken between December 15, 1933 and June, 1934. Buildings that can be seen include City Hall (left), the Boulder Theater building (center), the Boulder Dam Hotel (right), and the Terminal Building with the Boulder Cafe (right).
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