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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, July 4, 1938
Date
1938-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes being greeted by Grover Whalen at either Floyd Bennett Field or Holmes Airport.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Interior view of a car transporting Howard Hughes and two unidentified men.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Hughes Tool Company employees, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes with a group of people from the Hughes Tool Company in July 1938.
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Crowds welcome round the world flyers at Floyd Bennett Field 7/14/38. (Press Association)"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes on the telephone. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes a short while before taking off from Floyd Bennett Field on his hop to Paris 7-10-1938."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, New York, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick beside Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes (distance 1095 miles; average speed 250 mph; high speed 290 mph). This bettered Jimmy Wedell's July 1933 record by 36 minutes. New York, New York."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Radar Installed on Passenger Planes Culver City, Calif. -- Radar safety control system (cabinet, left, center) for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a trans-world airline plane, at Culver City, May 1st. Radar, with 500 and 2,000 foot warning signals, tells the pilot when he is approaching obstacles. Equipment is being installed in planes flying routes from San Francisco eastward to Shanghai. Credit (ACME) 5/3/47."
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes conversing with an unidentified group of people in Calfornia.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes conversing with an unidentified group of people in California.
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