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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Howard Hughes sitting inside the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes' Paris hop delayed by motor trouble. New York City-- Howard Hughes, millionaire oil man and speed flyer, in the cabin of his huge Lockheed plane as he waited impatiently for a crew of mechanics to repair one of the motors so that he could take off for Paris. He was forced to give up his plans to leave on July 9th when mechanics found that it would be impossible to change the 18 cylinders of his motors in time. Crews worked all night at the job. Rough spots were found in the cylinders during fuel consumption tests. Credit Line (ACME) 7/10/38 Burs SF."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at his parade for Round the World flight, New York City, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Daily News. Howard R. Hughes, Mayor La Guerdia, Grover Whalen leaving City Hall, 7/15/38."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Group at [Gover] Whalen's home 7/14/38. (Daily News)." Howard Hughes is standing third from the left.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Group at [Gover] Whalen's home 7/14/38. (Daily News)." Howard Hughes is standing fourth from the left.

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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Picture of Grover Whalen, Howard Hughes, and Al Lodwick riding in the back of an automobile during a parade celebrating Howard Hughes' completion of his round-the-world flight.

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Photograph of a parade procession for Howard Hughes, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Picture of Grover Whalen, Howard Hughes, and Al Lodwick riding in the back of an automobile during a parade celebrating Howard Hughes' completion of his round-the-world flight.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"

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