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Howard Hughes, possibly in an airplane hangar in New York, 1938

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Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17

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Members of the Howard Hughes around-the-world flight: Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; Ed Lund, mechanic; and H. P. Connor, co-navigator, as they rode in the welcoming parade in New York City, 1938 July 15

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File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10

Archival Component

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00373

Abstract

The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Alexander Troyanovsky and Howard Hughes at the Moscow Airdrome, Russia, July 12, 1938

Date

1938-07-12

Description

L-R: Alexander Troyanovsky (Soviet Ambassador to the U.S.) and Howard Hughes at the Moscow Airdrome, Moscow, Russia, July 12, 1938. Original item may indicate alternate date: 7/2/38.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947

Date

1947-08-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Is Asked About His XF-11 By Senator! Culver City, Calif. - Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes, left, is asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane, background, by Senator Harry Cain, right, Republican of Washington. Cain is member of the Senate War Investigating Committee, and inspected Hughes craft after the plane builder had test flown the ship. An earlier model of same design nearly cost Hughes his life when it crashed in Beverly Hill last winter. Note wind-blown hair on both Pilot Hughes and observer Cain. Photo by Felix Pagel. 8/16/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes sitting on a bed.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man inside an automobile.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1937

Date

1937

Description

Howard Hughes alighting from a Stinson Reliant SR-9 aircraft.

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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees welcoming Howard Hughes, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Crowd of Hughes Tool Company employees holds a welcome rally for Howard Hughes in Houston,Texas in 1938.

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Photograph of a diagram of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane, July, 11, 1938

Date

1938-07-11

Description

A diagram of Hughes' record-making Lockheed Plane. Typed on a piece of paper included with the image:"Pictured above is a diagram showing the construction and the special features of the Lockheed 14 monoplane in which Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four made their record flight from New York City to Paris, France, on their dash around the world. Credit line (Aero Digest from ACME) 7/11/1938."

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