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Howard Hughes's HK-1 Hercules traveling down a street in Culver City, California, 1946 June 16
Level of Description
File
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 21
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 21
Archival Component
Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946
Date
1946-06-13
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Giant Wing Nears End of Journey, Long Beach, Calif. -- Traveling at a snails pace of 2 1/2 miles per hour, hauling truck slowly pulls a wing of Howard Hughes' mammoth plane across a pontoon bridge in the Tideland Oil fields. Almost half the tremendous job of transporting the $200,000,000 flying boat to its destination has been completed. Credit (ACME). 6-14-46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 in Lake Mead, 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 plane crash in Lake Mead.
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Hughes Aircraft Company "Howard Hughes the Aviator", 1994 September 01
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Frank Merriam at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes and California governor Frank Merriam laughing as they dine together at a banquet for Howard Hughes in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew after completing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "A scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world flight. 7-14-38 (Press Association)"
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Howard Hughes Center, Los Angeles, California objectives, 1984 July 23 to 1984 September 17
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
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Collection Number: MS-01091
Collection Name: Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, October 03, 1947
Date
1947-10-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Pepper Sees Hughes Plane, Los Angeles, Calif.: Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper (left) dropped into Los Angeles October 3, for a neck-cranning look at the 200-ton HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat. Pepper praised Howard Hughes (right), "for conceiving and constructing this great thing." Two of the plane's eight engines can be seen above the Senator's Head. Credit (ACME) 10/04/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and co-pilot at HK-1 gauges, October 31, 1947
Date
1947-10-31
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (right) and unidentified co-pilot at the gauge panel of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat.
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