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Crowd at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, 1938 July 14
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09
Archival Component
Harrah's Grand, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2001
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Beckmann Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00381
Collection Name: Robert Beckmann Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Robert Beckmann Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes with Lockheed-14 plane, Le Bourget, France, July 11, 1938
Date
1938-07-11
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd at Le Bourget Field in France, in front of a Lockheed-14, July 11, 1938. Le Bourget (Airport : Le Bourget, France)
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Nighttime view of Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes leaving the Northrop Gamma Racer, Newark, New Jersey, January 13, 1936
Date
1936-01-13
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes leaving the cockpit of a Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at Newark New Jersey Airport. Hughes set a coast-to-coast speed record. A bank of microphones and a movie camera are seen beside the plane.
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Map of California, with territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, 1864
Date
1864
Description
40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Page numbers at top: 58-59. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.
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Vassili Sulich and dance partner, New York City, New York, approximately 1960-1969
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Vassili Sulich Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00353
Collection Name: Vassili Sulich Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Collection Name: Vassili Sulich Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
Photograph of the XF-11 prior to its 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-DESIGN PHOTO PLANE COMPLETED CULVER CITY, Calif., July 7 -- test-flown today for the first time, the new XF-11 was revealed as one of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes. It was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with the Air Materiel command engineers. Army officials said that it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet. The plane has a pressurized cabin making it unnecessary for the crew to use oxygen masks. 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."
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Trinity Church and lower Manhattan from Financial District, New York City, New York: panoramic photograph
Date
1981-05-24
Archival Collection
Description
From the Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Radar Installed on Passenger Planes Culver City, Calif. -- Radar safety control system (cabinet, left, center) for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a trans-world airline plane, at Culver City, May 1st. Radar, with 500 and 2,000 foot warning signals, tells the pilot when he is approaching obstacles. Equipment is being installed in planes flying routes from San Francisco eastward to Shanghai. Credit (ACME) 5/3/47."
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