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Brochures memorializing Howard Hughes' achievements in aviation, 1973-1976

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Director of Research, 1979-1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

A view of an unidentified plane with its propellers protected.

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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

A view from below of an unidentified aircraft being hoisted on a crane.

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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

A view from below of an unidentified aircraft being hoisted on a crane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Dave Evans on the Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947-11-01

Description

Howard Hughes with his flight engineer and Dave Evans, radio operator, preparing for the Flying Boat's taxi test the next day. The group is shown on the flight deck of the 24,000 horsepower craft. The Flying Boat was assembled on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

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Photograph of a section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937

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Series

Scope and Contents

Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.

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: N/A

Archival Component

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
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 21

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, Frank Merrian and Frank Shaw in a Los Angeles parade, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

From left to right, Governor Frank Merrian, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw riding in a car in a parade on 5th Street in Los Angeles in 1938.

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