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Photograph of XF-11 plane at the Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
First test flight of the XF-11 at the Hughes Airport in Culver City, California in 1946.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes with three unidentified men circa late 1940s/early 1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes shaking hands with a group of men circa late 1940s/early 1950s.
Image
Photograph of fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
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.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes in cockpit, New York, February 15, 1946
Date
1946-02-15
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "After Non-Stop Coast to Coast Flight -- Pilot Howard Hughes (left) millionaire flier and movie producer, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens, relax at the controls of their Lock-heed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in new York City, Feb. 15 on Pre-Inaugural non-stop coast to coast flight from Burbank, Calif. the Constellation, named "Start of California" and carrying 34 passengers, including movie stars and a crew of seven, landed at LaGuardia Field eight hours and 38 minutes after leaving Burbank. 22/15/46."
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Memo from Walter R. Bracken to W. H. Hulsizer about water usage, March 28, 1938
Date
1938-03-28
Archival Collection
Description
Water used by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company in 1932
Text
Noah Dietrich, Howard Hughes, Arthur W. Kelly, Al Lichtman, and United Artists Corporation regarding production and theatrical release of Two Arabian Knights, The Front Page, and Hell's Angels, 1927 January 05 to 1938 March 08
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 067 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 067 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick in front of the Northrop Gamma racer, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick in front of the Northrop Gamma Racer.
Image
Photograph of aircraft Howard Hughes is test flying, Culver City, May 03, 1947.
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the first passenger plane equipped with radar that Howard Hughes is flying in Culver City, California.
Image
Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat flying over the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes Flying Boat on its first flight over the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947.
Image
Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), December 11, 1951
Date
1951-12-11
Archival Collection
Description
Shamberger advised the Water District to purchase the lands surrounding the Las Vegas Springs as well as other springs and wells in the area to protect its water sources in the future.
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