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Photograph of Howard Hughes amongst crowd, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A smiling Howard Hughes walking through a crowd after landing the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Chicago.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes amongst crowd, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes conversing with unidentified men after landing the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Chicago.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing on stage, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes and unidentified men standing on a stage in front of a crowd of people in Chicago.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (center) standing beside two unidentidied men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."

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Photograph of aircraft Howard Hughes is test flying, Culver City, May 03, 1947.

Date

1947-05-03

Description

A view of the first passenger plane equipped with radar that Howard Hughes is flying in Culver City, California.

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes presumably in Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of the procession of a parade thrown for Howard Hughes possibly in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

Howard Hughes (second from right) posing with other unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes boarding an airliner, July 20, 1938

Date

1938-07-20

Description

Howard Hughes shaking the hand of what is presumed to be the pilot of the airliner he was boarding that was heading to Washington.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing on stage, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes standing on a stage with other unidentified men and women in front of a crowd in Chicago.

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