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Photograph of the Flying Boat being assembled at the Long Beach Harbor, California, January 8, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Lockheed 14 photographs, 1936-1939
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Materials depict the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra piloted by Howard Hughes from 1936 to 1939. 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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Archival Component
James Ralph "Jim" Olson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James Ralph “Jim” Olson conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on February 02, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Olson discusses his firm, Cromer, Barker, and Michaelson; representing Las Vegas, Nevada properties such as the MGM Grand Hotel and the Las Vegas Hilton. He also talks about litigation between Hank Greenspun, Howard Hughes, and Hughes Tool Company.
Archival Collection