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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Terminal Island, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes after he completed a test run of his Flying Boat in the Los Angeles harbor.
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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946
Date
1946-06-13
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the wing of Howard Hughes' Hercules being transported through California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Terminal Island, California, circa 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being assembled at Terminal Island, California.
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Howard Hughes, newspaper clippings, 1968
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Myram Borders Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00617
Collection Name: Myram Borders Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Myram Borders Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 400,000 pound Flying Boat just a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California. The aircraft was 219 feet long with a wing span of 320 feet.
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Howard Hughes Invitational, 1980 September
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00297
Collection Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
Box/Folder: Box 04
Collection Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senate Committee, Washington, D.C., February 11, 1947
Date
1947-02-11
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes Has Session With Senate Committee, Washington, D.C. -- Howard Hughes, right, who met with members of the Senate War Investigating Committee Feb. 11, is shown after the secret session with senators Carl A. hatch (D. - N.M.), Owen Brewster (R. - ME.), and William F. Knowland (R. Calif.), left to right. Committee chairman Brewster told reporters Hughes discovered certain war contracts of his were under investigation and "asked to appear to discuss them informally with the committee." Credit Line (ACME) 2/11/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the second XF-11, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes prior to test-piloting the second XF-11 prototype, a duplicate of the plane which crashed on July 7 the previous year.
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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946
Date
1946-06-13
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hercules Wing Squeezes Through Town Redondo Beach, Calif. - School children throng to watch the 34-ton wing section of Howard Hughes' Hercules, world's largest flying boat, as it is cautiously engineered on house-moving dollies through Redondo Beach, Calif., on the way to specially built $200,000 dock at Terminal Island, Calif. Creditline (ACME). 6/13/46."
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Photograph of Trans World Airline flight, New York, February 15, 1946
Date
1943 to 1945
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Non-Stop Los Angeles - New York Flight Inaugurated New York -- View of the crowd around the "Star of California" waiting for passengers -- most of them after it landed at LaGuardia Airport Feb. 15. Piloted by Howard Hughes, famed Around-The-World record holder and a TWA executive, the flight in-augurated non-stop schedule between Los Angeles and New York. The TWA Constellation made the trip in 8 hours and 38 minutes, as compared with the record of 7 hours, 27 minutes. Credit (ACME) 2/15/46."
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