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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.
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Photograph of radio operators, July 13, 1938
Date
1938-07-13
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of radio operators keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his travels.
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Photograph of radio operators, July 13, 1938
Date
1938-07-13
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of radio operators keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his travels.
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Photograph of radio operators, July 13, 1938
Date
1938-07-13
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of radio operators keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his flight.
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Leon Hughes, son of Pahrump Ranch owner John R. Hughes, in front of the "old motel" located on the Pahrump Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. Hughes believes the motel was constructed around 1920 by the Pahrump Valley Company, under the ownership of Isodore Dockweiler, to house Dockweiler and his associates when they visited the ranch. It featured a screened porch, one bathroom, running water, a flush toilet, a kitchen, and four bedrooms. The "motel" burned down in the early 1940s.
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Photograph of crowd witnessing the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was 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 June 1946. Notice workers raising the power lines so the fuselage could pass underneath.
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Script excerpts A-3 and A-6, 1946 July 24 to 1946 July 25
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 573 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 573 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, California, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes Aircraft HK-1 "Flying Boat" floating in Los Angeles Harbor.
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Senate Intern Brian Greenspun with Howard Cannon: photographic print
Date
1980-11-20
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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UNLV alum Yun Ying (Susan) Zhong poses in Beam Hall July 29, 2015 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs
Date
2015-07-29
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05).
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