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Letter from Howard Hughes to the general manager of Hughes Aircraft Company, 1949

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on back of photograph: "July 14, 1938: Tired and bearded, Howard Hughes was surrounded as he left his plane at the municipal airport (World-Chamberlain Field) to secure weather information before leaving Minneapolis to complete his record-breaking around-the-world flight-- the fastest flight ever made in circumnavigating the globe. Photo-courtesy "The Minneapolis Star" Board of Park Commissions 325 City Hall Minneapolis, Minn."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Culver City, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Hull of "Hercules" Starts Journey to Assembly Dock, Culver City, Calif. - The 220-foot-long fuselage of Howard Hughes' gigantic airplane crawls down the highway on truck dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant. the hull is on its way to the graving dock for assembly at Terminal Island, Calif., 28 miles away. Note size of man on top of hull. NY EUR CAN. Credit (ACME) 6/16/46"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes climbing into the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946

Date

1946-07-07

Description

Howard Hughes on a ladder, climbing into the XF-11. A police officer is seen in the background.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Glenn E. Odekirk, Glendale, California, July 13, 1938

Date

1938-07-13

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes (right) is shown with co-pilot Glenn E. Odekirk after their one stop flight from Seattle to Glendale."

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Photograph of a map showing the course of Howard Hughes' Round the World flight, circa 1938

Date

1938 (year approximate)

Description

The black and white view of a map showing the path Howard Hughes took on his Round the World trip.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with three unidentified men circa late 1940s/early 1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Howard Hughes shaking hands with a group of men circa late 1940s/early 1950s.

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Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering: contracts, 1987

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
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Collection Number: MS-00855
Collection Name: J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
Box/Folder: Box 093

Archival Component

Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering: proposals, 1988

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00855
Collection Name: J. A. Tiberti Construction Records
Box/Folder: Box 096

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick in front of the Northrop Gamma racer, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick in front of the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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