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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 airplane, circa late 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Howard Hughes and Lee Murrim correspondence on film preservation methods, includes a handwritten note by Hughes, approximately 1948 to 1952
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 422 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Crowd of Hughes Tool Company employees holds a welcome rally for Howard Hughes in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
Archival Component
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the famed Hughes Flying Boat, Long Beach Harbor, California, 1947 May 12
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Photograph of a section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 1946
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Howard Hughes, and California Governor Frank Merriam dining together at a banquet for Howard Hughes in Los Angeles, California, 1938 August 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 16
Archival Component
Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Howard Hughes, and California Governor Frank Merriam dining together at a banquet for Howard Hughes in Los Angeles, California, 1938 August 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 16
Archival Component
Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering: commercial insulation product sheets, 1987
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
Box/Folder: Box 093
Archival Component
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering: Kemp Monument architectural drawings, 1988
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
Box/Folder: Box 094
Archival Component