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Photograph of attendants inspecting a plane, Brooklyn, New York, September 30, 1937
Date
1937-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Hughes Buys New Plane. Attendants at the Floyd Bennet Airport, in Brooklyn, New York, inspecting the tire on the plane Howard Hughes recently purchased from the Sikorsky Company. Hughes accepted delivery September 30th, and flew the plane from Bridgeport. The tire blew as he was making a test landing. No other damage was done. Credit Line (ACME) 9/30/37
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes installing a radar safety system for passenger planes in Culver City, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes installing a radar safety system for passenger planes in Culver City, California.
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Babcock, Judge Howard, 1968 February 16
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 05
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Barry Howard, Ltd.: correspondence, 1987 to 1997
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride Personal Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01099
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lily Pons, Beverly Hills, California, November 8, 1938
Date
1938-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
Lily Pons (left) and Howard Hughes (right). Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "Noted flier and his hostess at cocktail party Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, noted flier, with Lily Pons, singing star, as he attended the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LOND PAR."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes waving to crowds in a parade, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes waving to crowds in a parade in Houston, Texas in 1938.
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Fedora Bontempi with Senator Howard W. Cannon: photographic print
Date
1979
Archival Collection
Description
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Senator Howard W. Cannon congratulates representatives of the Clark County Mother of the year Awards Celebration Committee for their work the past 11 years in honoring the mothers of Clark County. From left to right is Fedora Bontempi Simpkin, Chairman/Coordinator, Edythe Katz, Senator Cannon, Shirley Leavitt, and Sara Denton. (Photo by Tom Garanflo 1979).
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and pilots in the cockpit of the Flying Boat, November 1, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Trascribed from attached press release: " Howard Hughes (wearing hat) talks over details of tomorrow's initial taxi testing of his 24,000 horsepower flying boat, Nov. 1, 1947." Hughes is standing between Chal Bowen(?) (left) and Gale J. Moore (right).
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