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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat flying over the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

The Hughes Flying Boat on its first flight over the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943

Date

1942 to 1944

Description

A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in cockpit of the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946

Date

1946-07-07

Description

Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11. Trucks and emergency vehicles are seen nearby.

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Howard Hughes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and several politicians, Washington D.C., 1937

Date

1937

Description

President Roosevelt presenting the Harmon Trophy to Howard Hughes in the Oval Office in Washington D.C. From left to right, the men seen standing in the image include: Albert Lodwick; Howard Hughes; James Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Major General Oscar Westover; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; and Arthur B. Cook.

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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat being transported to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

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 and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, November 04, 1947

Date

1947-11-04

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the Spruce Goose in San Pedro, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, November 04, 1947

Date

1947-11-04

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the Spruce Goose in San Pedro, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, November 04, 1947

Date

1947-11-04

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the Spruce Goose in San Pedro, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, November 04, 1947

Date

1947-11-04

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the Spruce Goose in San Pedro, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, November 04, 1947

Date

1947-11-04

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the Spruce Goose in San Pedro, California.

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