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RKO General Pictures correspondence regarding Howard Hughes' personal film collection return, 1977 July 05 to 1977 August 25

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 535 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

#03626: Brock with Hughes, M, 1979 July 31

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File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-01
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

#01770: Hughes, Mark, 1975 July 08

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-01
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

#00300: Hughes, Mark, 1972 July 10

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-01
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of Hughes' flying boat docked at harbor, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 16, 1947. "Hughes Aircraft" stamped on the back of the image.

Image

Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Aerial view of Hughes Airport in Culver City, now Playa Vista, California. This private airport was owned by Howard Hughes and used for projects of the Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Tool Company. Lincoln Boulevard can be seen in the foreground, and on the left are Jefferson Boulevard and Ballona Creek.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947

Date

1947-05-12

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.

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Aerial photograph of Hughes' Hercules flying boat aircraft, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken on July 16, 1947.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946

Date

1946-06-15

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' 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. Date stamped on back of photo.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 airplane, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 airplane in flight.

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