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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947 to 1948
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes, possibly right before or after the April 4, 1947 flight of the second XF-11 prototype.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
Date
1946-09-11
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes in front of a B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes (in cockpit) warms up the XF-11 for its initial test flight. It is one of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, July 7, 1946."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes (right) being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (left), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California. An unidentified man sits between the two.
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Press release captioned "Army Air Force Planes Salute Howard Hughes"
Date
1946-08-01
Description
Press release describes Army Air Forces circling over Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles to salute Howard Hughes, who was recovering the from the crash of his XF-11 aircraft. Contains texts of telegrams to Hughes from Army Air Forces Commanding General Carl Spaatz and Twelfth Air Force Brigadier General John P. Doyle.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
Date
1946-09-11
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes sitting inside of a B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
Date
1946-09-11
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes sitting inside of a B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
Date
1946-09-11
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes sitting inside of a B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York City in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14, New York, New York, July 9, 1938
Date
1938-07-09
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of view of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York, New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Rolling Howard Hughes' plane of hangar at Floyd Bennett Field, with Lt. Thomas Thurlow, one of the navigators, calibrating the compass."
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