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Howard Hughes shakes hands with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Roosevelt's office after Hughes received the Harmon Aviator Trophy, 1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the new XF-11 reconnaissance plane which he designed and built in conjuntion with Air Material Command engineers. He is preparing for its first flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, it can attain a speed of over 400 miles per hour."
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Men working on Hughes rock drilling bit piece 5411-482 at the Hughes Tool company in Houston, Texas, approximately 1950-1959
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 16
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 16
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Is Asked About His XF-11 By Senator! Culver City, Calif. - Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes, left, is asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane, background, by Senator Harry Cain, right, Republican of Washington. Cain is member of the Senate War Investigating Committee, and inspected Hughes craft after the plane builder had test flown the ship. An earlier model of same design nearly cost Hughes his life when it crashed in Beverly Hill last winter. Note wind-blown hair on both Pilot Hughes and observer Cain. Photo by Felix Pagel. 8/16/47."
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Hughes Film, Columbia Pictures, 1971 January
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
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Collection Number: MS-00417
Collection Name: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
Box/Folder: Box 34
Collection Name: Sands Hotel Public Relations Records
Box/Folder: Box 34
Archival Component
"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938
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Scope and Contents
Materials depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's railroad tracks that had been damaged during floods in February and March of 1938 in Southern California and Southern Nevada, including by the Los Angeles Flood of 1938. The photographs primarily depict washed out tracks, damaged bridges, and debris.
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Hughes Airport in Culver City, now Playa Vista, California. This private airport was owned by Howard Hughes and used for projects of the Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Tool Company. Lincoln Boulevard can be seen in the foreground, and on the left are Jefferson Boulevard and Ballona Creek.
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Hughes Electronics B-Roll Video, HSC Satellite Manufacturing, DirecTV, Spaceway, PanAmSat, Hughes Network Systems, 2000 January 12
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 13
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 13
Archival Component
Hughes Tool Company and RKO Radio Pictures regarding acquisition of Hughes Productions' assets, 1948 August 18 to 1950 December 11
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 156 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 156 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Hughes Racer landing after historic flight, Newark (N.J.), January 19, 1937
Date
1937-01-19
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes' plane landing after historic flight. Inscription with image reads: "Hughes Racer landing at Newark Airport after breaking coast-to-coast record 27 sec. - distance 2490 mi. - average speed 332 mph. (This bettered his previous record by 2 hours.) Newark, New Jersey."
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