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Photograph of the Howard Hughes operations headquarters, Hollywood, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Headquarters and communications center for Howard Hughes operations.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat, November 1, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat, Nov. 1, 1947.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the front of Howard Hughes' Hercules in Hawthorne, California.
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Photograph of the Hughes Racer, Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937
Date
1937-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after setting new transcontinental record of 332 miles an hour.
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Photograph of the Hughes Racer, Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937
Date
1937-01
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after setting new transcontinental record of 332 miles an hour.
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New freight depot at Moapa, 1938-1948
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 16
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 16
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947
Date
1947-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Testify On Behalf Of Hughes, Washington: Four of the nine witnesses summoned before the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee to testify on behalf of Howard Hughes stand behind the plane builder (seated, right) and his attorney, Thomas A. Slack (seated, left), November 8. they are (left to right) John B. Parkinson, listed as representative of the national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Edward Schwartz, listed as a former member of the Air Force Evaluation Boar; E. A. Peterman, and Glen Odekirk, an executive of the Hughes' Plant. Credit (ACME) 11/08/47."
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Map of territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855
Date
1855
Description
29 x 36 cm. Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. The geographic region of Southwest is referred to as the New Southwest. Original publisher: J.H. Colton .
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennnett Airport, New York, July 9, 1938
Date
1938-07-09
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Readying Hughes' plane for Paris flight. New York City-- Mechanics hastened to put Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane in shape for a flight from Floyd Bennett Airport here, to Paris. Motor trouble forced postponement and helpers were working under injunction to have the ship ready for a takeoff, July 9, "at the earliest possible moment." Photo shows: the plane being pulled out of the hangar by a truck. Credit Line (ACME) 7/9/38."
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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A distant view of one of Howard Hughes' planes.
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