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Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, June 12, 1946
Date
1946-06-12
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."
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Howard Hughes's HK-1 Hercules being guarded by police as the aircraft travels down a street in Culver City, California, 1946 June 16
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 21
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 21
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes smiling with unidentified men.
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Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nat Hart Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00419
Collection Name: Nat Hart Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Nat Hart Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and a group of men, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and his crew of globe girdlers (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, Ed Lund, Albert Lodwick, Hughes, Harry Connor and Dick Stoddart. 8-1-38. (Press Association)." Howard Hughes is standing third from right.
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Photograph of Wilbur Clark at a formal dinner, New York City, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
Wilbur Clark facing camera at round table, center at a formal dinner at the Astor Hotel, New York City, 1958. (credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC).
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes talking with an unidentified woman.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes talking with an unidentified woman.
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Restaurant in the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).
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Gamblers in the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).
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