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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Moscow, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Hughes catches up with cables in Moscow. Moscow---Howard Hughes, sorting a packet of congratulatory cables on his arrival in Moscow. He was just beginning to sprout stubble with which he returned to New York, after his record-smashing round-the-world dash. 7/25/38"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a group of men, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and his crew of globe girdlers (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, Ed Lund, Albert Lodwick, Hughes, Harry Connor and Dick Stoddart. 8-1-38. (Press Association)." Howard Hughes is standing third from right.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, June 04, 1938

Date

1938-06-04

Description

Howard Hughes leaving his private hangar as he is wished "happy landings" and well wishes by friends before he boards his speedy Lockheed plane at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

An overhead view of a car carrying Howard Hughes and others at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

An overhead view of a car carrying Howard Hughes and others at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

An overhead view of a car carrying Howard Hughes and others at a parade dedicated to Howard Hughes in Texas.

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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938

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Series

Scope and Contents

Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of a banquet for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Various people at a banquet for Howard Hughes.

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Photograph of a banquet for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Various people at a banquet for Howard Hughes.

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