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Aerial photograph of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, circa 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Hughes HK-1, Flying Boat. The plane was designed and built by Howard Hughes; it it shown near completion at its graving dock at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo: "World's largest airplane--After Ground tests here the plane will undergo extensive water-taxi tests."
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Photograph of Brewington and Pittman family members, Ely (Nev.), September 27, 1938
Date
1938-09-27
Archival Collection
Description
Members of the Brewington and Pittman families celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. George F. Brewington (parents of Ida Pittman, wife of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman), in the Pittman's home in Ely, Nevada. Seated, L-R: Frances R. Brewington, George F. Brewington, Rose (Farrell) Brewington, Ann E. Brewington. Standing, L-R: Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman, Ida Louise "Liz" (Brewington) Pittman. Frances Brewington and Ann Brewington, sisters to Ida Pittman, served as a public health nurse in Boulder City, Nevada, and as a teacher of business education at the University of Chicago, respectively.
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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view of an unidentified plane with its propellers protected.
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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view from below of an unidentified aircraft being hoisted on a crane.
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Photograph of one of Howard Hughes' planes, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view from below of an unidentified aircraft being hoisted on a crane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes descending the stairway of the Constellation 069 plane, Washington D.C., April 17, 1944
Date
1944-04-17
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes descending a stairway from Constellation 069, at the Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. in 1944.
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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, returning from its historic test flight, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed press release from back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free off Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor immediately after its launching yesterday. The plane's vertical stabilizer tip rides about 80 feet above the water as the air giant floats for the first time. With Hughes at the controls, the colossal craft will get first water taxi tests today."
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Roscoe Moss (Los Angeles), June 10, 1938
Date
1938-06-10
Archival Collection
Description
Well No. 2 had dropped production from 2.5 million gallons a day to 700,000 gallons, and Bracken discussed possible remedies.
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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 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 the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 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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