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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being prepared for a test run in Long Beach, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being taken out for an unscheduled test run in Long Beach, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Washington Airport, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Crowd Greets Hughes On Arrival In Capital, Washington D.C. -- Howard Hughes and his companions came to Washington July 21, to personally thank Secretary of State Cordell Hull for the State Department's co-operation on their record world flight, and incidentally to be feted at a luncheon of the Press Club. The photo shows Hughes, in park suit and black hat, as he was led through a huge crowd on his arrival at the Washington Airport. Credit Line (ACME) 7/21/38 (NY FOR)."
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Photograph of mechanics with the Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a plane used by Howard Hughes being fueled up at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.
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New Frontier Dinner menu: photographic print
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
New Frontier Hotel's, "A la Carte Supper Menu".
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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 plane, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 the day before his second test run on the plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938
Date
1938-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947
Date
1947-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes, Attorneys, Resume Stand For Third Day. Washington, D.C. Noah Deitrich, seated, left, vice president of the Hughes Aircraft Co., told the Brewster Committee today that Maj. Gen. Oliver Echois, former AAF procurement (?) chief, refused to do business with Howard Hughes, right, because he "disliked" the multi-millionaire air-plane builder. Hughes' counsel, Thomas I. Slack, standing, is shown as he interrupted Deitrich's testimony to fire a question at the war contract probers. -INP Photo by G.B. Kress- 8/8/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with aircraft technicians with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and aircraft technicians next to the Northrop Gamma Racer.
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Photograph of New Town Tavern, October 1, 1960
Date
1960-10-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of the exterior of New Town Tavern, dated October 1, 1960.
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