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Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' life, 1946-1976

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 41, Box 42, Box 43

Archival Component

Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat at its dock on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947

Date

1947-10-31

Description

The HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, with the tail number NX37602 visible, in the water on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947

Date

1947

Description

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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Aerial photograph of Hughes Flying Boat ready for tests, Terminal Island, California, October 13, 1946

Date

1946-10-13

Description

Press Release attached to photo: "HUGHES HERCULES READY FOR TESTS. LONG BEACH, CAL. An aerial view shows Howard Hughes' giant plywood seaplane Hercules ready for taxi tests at Long Beach. The initial flight of the plane, which cost $20,000,000 and will seat 700 persons, will not be attempted until early in 1947. ACME 10/13/46." Los Angeles Harbor, Terminal Island are now known as Long Beach.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes, Frank Merrian and Frank Shaw in a Los Angeles parade, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

From left to right, Governor Frank Merrian, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw riding in a car in a parade on 5th Street in Los Angeles in 1938.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes after completing his Round The World flight, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Text typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes strutting across a New York hotel lobby after completing a Round The World flight. 7-15-38. (Press Association)."

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Photograph of the fuselage portion of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of motorcycle police awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Motorcycle police on hand for Hughes' landing, New York city -- Motorcycle policemen lined up on Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to help keep in check the crowd of 30,000 persons that gathered to greet Howard Hughes and his heroic crew as they landed their giant Lockheed plain after their record-smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME). 7/14/38."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade, New York, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

The view of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade after he completed his Round-The-World flight in New York.

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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

A view of an unidentified plane with its propellers protected.

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