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Howard Hughes walking with Jesse Jones and Harold Brayman, President of the National Press Club, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes in a New York hotel lobby after completing an around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes in car receiving the applause of the crowd during his reception in New York, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1950s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s
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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, October 3, 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 1936
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia seated in an automobile that was used in a parade dedicated to Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, 1938 July 15
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