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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Frank Merriam at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes and crew at a luncheon: Harry P. Connor, navigator of the Hughes plane; Grover Whalen; Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City; Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; and Edward Lund, flight engineer; also William Randolph Hearst Jr. of the Hearst publishing company, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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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.
Archival Collection
Menu for the Surrey Sportsman's Club, The Secretary's Feast, July 5, 1899, City of New York Restaurant
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Archival Collection
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Text
Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and engineers, Culver City, California, 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Lockheed L-14 Super Electra surrounded by crowds in New York, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Lockheed L-14 Super Electra surrounded by crowds in New York, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Howard Hughes in New York beside the Northrop Gamma Racer at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York speed record, 1936
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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