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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.
Image
Color transparency: Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and Eldorado Club night scene, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00245
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029
Archival Component
Corrine Griffith Productions and Howard Hughes, contract and correspondence, 1923 July 09 to 1927 December 05
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 508 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 508 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Howard Cannon portrait: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
Image
Howard Cannon posing: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
Image
Parent and Excellence in Education Hall of Hall Award Ceremony, 1999
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Marzette Lewis Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00621
Collection Name: Marzette Lewis Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Marzette Lewis Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of an unknown landscape, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial photograph possibly showing Fairbanks, Alaska. There is an arrow indicating a place which may be a landing sight for Howard Hughes' Lockheed L-14 Super Electra plane.
Image
Willapa Harbor and Florence, Oregon: photographic negative, approximately 1938 April to 1938 May
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00240
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-028
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-028
Archival Component
Picture of unknown couple, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00346
Collection Name: Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Newspaper clippings, 1936-1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00342
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component