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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, circa 1946

Date

1946

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being assembled in Long Beach, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, circa 1946

Date

1946

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being assembled in Long Beach, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, circa 1946

Date

1946

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being assembled in Long Beach, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the TWA Constellation controls, May 1, 1947

Date

1947-05-01

Description

Howard Hughes at the controls of a TWA Constellation aircraft, demonstrating his new radar safety device, May 1, 1947.

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Aerial photograph of Hughes Flying Boat en route 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 the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transit 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. Photo includes image of a blimp used to take some of the aerial photographs.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the second XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Howard Hughes prior to test-piloting the second XF-11 prototype, a duplicate of the plane which crashed on July 7 the previous year.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1939

Description

A view of the side of one of Howard Hughes's planes, possibly the Boeing Stratoliner.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1939

Description

A view of the back of one of Howard Hughes's planes, possibly the Boeing Stratoliner.

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Photograph of a blimp advertising Hughes' "The Outlaw," circa 1946

Date

1945 to 1947

Description

A side view of a blimp advertising the Howard Hughes produced film "The Outlaw."

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