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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946

Date

1946-06-13

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

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being assembled at Terminal Island, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Terminal Island, California, November 02, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

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 Howard Hughes at the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940

Date

1939 to 1940

Description

Howard Hughes (center) riding on back of car in a parade marking the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940.

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Howard Hughes Invitational, 1980 September

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00297
Collection Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
Box/Folder: Box 04

Archival Component

Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

An overhead view of people looking up and waving during a parade procession.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947

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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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947

Date

1947-11-08

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Carries His Lunch Tray Cafeteria Style - Washington, D.C. Howard Hughes is shown selecting his luncheon cafeteria style during a short recess of the Senate investigation of his wartime plane contracts. Along with Thomas A. Slack, his counsel, the millionaire plane builder had his luncheon in the cafeteria of the Senate office building, while Senator Homer Ferguson, (R) Michigan the Sub-Committee Chairman, called the recess due to the absence of the witnesses summoned to the inquiry at Hughes' request. 11/8/47." Hand-written description also written on back of photo: "Howard Hughes & Atty. Thomas Slack."

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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and crew in parade up Broadway after record-breaking world flight. New York, New York."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the second XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

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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