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Map of California and territories of New Mexico and Utah, circa 1861
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Hughes Interview B-Roll with New Logo Reveal-Master, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 14
Archival Component
Photograph of the first XF-11 plane at the Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, July 3, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes and crew flying over Los Angeles, California Hughes during a record-breaking flight, 1938 August 02
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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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
Photograph of Lily Pons, Howard Hughes, and Errol Flynn, Beverly Hills, California, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes sitting in between party attendees Lily Pons (left) and Errol Flynn (right) at a dining table located in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "At cocktail party given by singing star Los Angeles, Cal. -- Lily Pons, singing star; Howard Hughes, noted flier, and Errol Flynn (left to right) at the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LON PAR."
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Photograph of a crowd greeting Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa early 1960s
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