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Portrait painting, collage of Howard Hughes, circa early 1950s

Date

1950 to 1953

Description

Portrait collage painting of Howard Hughes in the early 1950s.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a group of men with the Hughes XH-17, October 23, 1952

Date

1952-10-23

Description

Howard Hughes (second from left) standing under the blade of the XH-17, Flying Crane with L-R: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters; Gale. J. Moore, pilot.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crew in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Howard Hughes in the pilot's chair with (left to right) Dave Evans, Rae Hopper, and crew chief Charles Jucker (in the dark jacket).

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in the Northrop Gamma Racer talking to an unidentified individual.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in the Northrop Gamma Racer talking to an unidentified individual.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes inside an unidentified plane, circa 1937

Date

1936 to 1938

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified plane.

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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 19, 1937

Date

1937-01-19

Description

Howard Hughes near his Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after breaking the coast-to-coast record from Burbank to Newark in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 27 seconds. The distance he covered was 2490 miles while he was going an average speed of 332 mph. This record bettered his previous record by two hours.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 09, 1947

Date

1947-11-09

Description

Description given with photo: "Hughes Submits Written Question, Washington: Howard Hughes tosses a written question to Sen. Homer Ferguson, chairman of the Senate War Investigation sub-committee, Nov. 8. Hughes was refused permission to take the stand and charged Ferguson was "throwing every obstacle" in the way of presenting testimony favorable to Hughes himself. On Ferguson's right is Sen. Carl Hatch, while the committee's chief counsel, William P. Rigers, faces the camera in the background. Credit (ACME) 11/9/47."

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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937

Date

1937-01

Description

Howard Hughes wearing parachute near the tail of Hughes Racer in the Newark Airport.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with a Douglas DC-3, circa 1947

Date

1947

Description

Howard Hughes and an unidentified man stand in front of a Douglas DC-3.

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