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Howard Hughes speaking to Senators J. Howard McGrath, Claud Pepper, Homer Ferguson, and John J. Williams, 1947 August 08
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and others in front of the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering 33rd commencement program
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Archival Collection
Description
Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering kicks off its E-Week with a Cosmic Pong competition in the Great Hall February 21, 2012 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs
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Howard Hughes and an unidentified man stand next to a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, 1947
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
Archival Component
Newspaper clippings about the Wall Street Journal investigation of Howard Hughes, 1971
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 23
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Howard Hughes and others studying diagrams for the Flying Boat, approximately 1942-1947
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Howard Hughes under the propeller of his Douglas DC-3 aircraft, 1947 April
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Hughes at the controls of a Trans World Airlines Constellation, 1947 May 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component