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Hughes Space and Communications "This is Hughes" (Short)- PAL, 1996 June 12
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 12
Archival Component
Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
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The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Hughes XF-11 photographs, 1946-1947
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of the Hughes XF-11 prototype military reconnaissance aircraft. Howard Hughes piloted the two XF-11 prototypes built: in July 1946, Hughes crashed the first XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California; in April 1947, Hughes successfully flew the second prototype at high speeds and at high altitudes. However, the United States Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and in August of 1947, Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee in the U.S. Senate about the failures of the program.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, April, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Screen Writers Guild and Gale Sondergaard articles on "Defeat Hughes" movement regarding communist accusations, newspaper clippings, 1952 May 05 to 1952 May 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 422 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Betty Jean Hughes riding a calf: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and officers, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Hughes XF-11 photographs, 1946-1947
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of the Hughes XF-11 prototype military reconnaissance aircraft from 1946 to 1947. The photographs depict Howard Hughes piloting the two XF-11 prototypes that were built: during the test flight in July 1946, Hughes crashed the first XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California; in April 1947, Hughes successfully flew the second prototype at high speeds and at high altitudes. However, the United States Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and in August of 1947, Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee in the U.S. Senate about the failures of the program.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1939
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Archival Collection
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