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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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Photograph of people surrounding the Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 9, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lily Pons, Beverly Hills, California, November 8, 1938
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Photograph of a crowd greeting Howard Hughes at Bennett Field Airport, July 14, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
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Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14 in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
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Howard Hughes in a parade in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Howard Hughes giving a news conference beside his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Howard Hughes in the back seat of a car en route to his hotel in New York, 1936 July 14
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Howard Hughes riding on back of car in a parade marking the New York World's Fair, approximately 1939-1940
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 07
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