Search Results
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Identifier
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 Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes with Lockheed-14 plane, Le Bourget, France, July 11, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of a crowd watching Howard Hughes boarding an airliner, circa July 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Lockheed 14, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938 July 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Lockheed 14, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1938 July 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, Frank Merrian and Frank Shaw in a Los Angeles parade, August 1, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow on the Lockheed 14, New York, 1938 July 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow on the Lockheed 14, New York, 1938 July 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow on the Lockheed 14, New York, 1938 July 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component