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Howard Cannon in an X-15 aircraft at the World Congress of Flight, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1959-04-12 (approximate) to 1959-04-19 (approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Shaffer, Howard J., Matthew N. Hall, and Joni Vander Bilt, "Estimating the Prevalence of Disordered Gambling Behavior in the United States and Canada: A Meta-Analysis" report, 1997 December 15

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 72

Archival Component

Hughes Tool Company v. Benjamin Fielding, Commissioner of Licenses of the city of New York, New York and Arthur W. Wallander, Police Commissioner of New York, correspondence regarding court decision, 1947 January 20 to 1947 February 21

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 165 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of the Hughes H-1 Racer, circa 1937

Date

1936 to 1938

Description

The black and white view of the Hughes H-1 Racer in a hangar.

Image

Photograph of a flight path map, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Description printed on back of photograph: "Map of Howard Hughes' flight."

Image

Menu for dinner to James R. Pardy given by Mr. G. C. Howard, June 13, 1895, at Café Royal

Date

1895-06-13

Archival Collection

Description

Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Café Royal Location: 68 Regent Street, W., London, England

Text

Photograph of the Hughes Racer, circa 1937

Date

1936 to 1938

Description

The black and white view of the Hughes Racer in a hangar.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.

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Photograph of airplane controls, July 9, 1938

Date

1938-07-09

Description

A close up of the control board in a Howard Hughes plane, likely the Lockheed L-14 Super Electra.

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Construction around Howard Hughes' Flying Boat at Long Beach Harbor, California, 1947 July 16

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 15

Archival Component