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Photograph of three faces of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes leaves Newark, New Jersey Airport with party en route to Washington, D.C., 1938 July 21
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes at the controls of plane before leaving Glendale, California, on a nonstop flight to New York, 1938 August 20
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Howard Hughes, Tom Thurlow, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Dale Powers in New York, 1938 July 04
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Agreement with City of Las Vegas, 1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 94
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others with the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
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Archival Collection
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