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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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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.
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Howard Hughes beside his Douglas DC-3 in New York, 1947
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, 1938 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09
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Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, New York, 1938 July 14
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1943
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Archival Collection
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Portrait photograph of young Howard Hughes
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1920s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1938
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