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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." 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.
Image
Howard Hughes, Tom Thurlow, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Dale Powers in New York, 1938 July 04
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Photograph of a formal dinner at the Hotel Astor, New York City, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
A Formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York City, 1958. Wilbur Clark is located at the center of the picture, leaning his elbow on the table to the right. (Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC.)
Image
Photograph of aircraft Howard Hughes is test flying, Culver City, May 03, 1947.
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the first passenger plane equipped with radar that Howard Hughes is flying in Culver City, California.
Image
Vassili Sulich and dance partner, New York City, New York, approximately 1960-1969
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Vassili Sulich Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00353
Collection Name: Vassili Sulich Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Collection Name: Vassili Sulich Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
City College New York assignments, 1925 to 1929
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Arnold Shaw Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00432
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Papers
Box/Folder: Box 10
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Papers
Box/Folder: Box 10
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes in Wichita, Kansas, July 4, 1938
Date
1938-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes after landing at Wichita, Kansas on the first part of a flight to New York.
Image
Murals in Rockefeller Center, New York City, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Antonio Morelli Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00558
Collection Name: Antonio Morelli Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Antonio Morelli Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
New York Mine, Silver City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00021
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
New York Mine, Silver City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00021
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component