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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Culver City, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hull of "Hercules" Starts Journey to Assembly Dock, Culver City, Calif. - The 220-foot-long fuselage of Howard Hughes' gigantic airplane crawls down the highway on truck dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant. the hull is on its way to the graving dock for assembly at Terminal Island, Calif., 28 miles away. Note size of man on top of hull. NY EUR CAN. Credit (ACME) 6/16/46"
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft being surrounded by people at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.
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Photograph of Hughes HK-1 during its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat during its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes (in cockpit) warms up the XF-11 for its initial test flight. It is one of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, July 7, 1946."
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Photograph of Howard R. Hughes, Sr., with trench mining drill, Houston, Texas, September 29, 1917
Date
1917-09-29
Archival Collection
Description
Howard R. Hughes, Sr., standing outdoors by a trench mining drill, which is underneath a tent-like canopy. Part of the Sharps-Hughes Tool Company's Second and Girard Streets plant is seen in the background.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Flying Boat Takes Off - Pedro, Calif. : With all eight motors roaring, Howard Hughes' giant plywood flying boat skims across the surface of Los Angeles harbor at 95 miles per hour on November 2nd. Shortly afterward, Hughes lifted the plane into the air for an unscheduled half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."
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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat being transported to Terminal Island, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
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 Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.
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