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Central Park, New York City, New York: panoramic photograph, 1981 May 31

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00414
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 07, Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.

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Howard Cannon with an unidentified man: photographic print

Date

1991-02-13

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon with an unidentified group: photographic print

Date

1980-11

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon seated at a conference: photographic print

Date

1959 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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United Artists film audit and distribution returns report, 1938 March 29

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 092 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Prospectus for the Lightning Creek Mine, Wingdam, British Columbia, approximately 1937 to 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 520 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of crowd witnessing the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. Notice workers raising the power lines so the fuselage could pass underneath.

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Photograph of Reservoir, Nevada, circa 1938

Date

1937 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The reservoir and sleeping shed at Corn Creek Ranch.

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Portrait of Howard W. Cannon: photographic print

Date

1949

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Howard W. Cannon-City Attorney.

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