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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the XF-11, after his successful test flight, April 5, 1947
Date
1947-04-05
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES TEST-PILOTS SECOND XF-11. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Preparatory to making its first flight test today, Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, is shown in the cockpit of the second XF-11 sister ship to the plane in which he almost lost his life in an accident last July 7. Hughes designed and built the ship, one of the world's fastest long-range reconnaissance planes for the Army Air forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of a crowd consisting of thousands of people who attended a parade that celebrated Howard Hughes completion of his flight round-the-world flight in New York City.
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Las Vegas City Attorney Howard Cannon pictured with Las Vegas city officials: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1958 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Left to right are R. W. Notti (Assistant City Manager), A. H. Kennedy (City Manager), Cannon, Shirley Ballinger (City Clerk), Mayor C. D. Baker, Commissioner E. W. Fountain, Commissioner Reed Whipple, Commissioner Harris P. Sharp, and Commissioner Wendell Bunker.
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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a crowd consisting of thousands of people who attended a parade that celebrated Howard Hughes completion of his flight round-the-world flight in New York City.
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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: "Hercules Wing Squeezes Through Town Redondo Beach, Calif. - School children throng to watch the 34-ton wing section of Howard Hughes' Hercules, world's largest flying boat, as it is cautiously engineered on house-moving dollies through Redondo Beach, Calif., on the way to specially built $200,000 dock at Terminal Island, Calif. Creditline (ACME). 6/13/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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