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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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Hugh E. Taylor Design & Development drawings

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00923
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men in New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes in New York after making a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a two-ounce oxygen mask."

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Summa Corporation and Hughes Properties business information

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
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Collection Number: MS-01091
Collection Name: Thomas L. Morgan Real Estate Development Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat on Terminal Island, during assembly, January 8, 1947.

Date

1947-01-08

Description

Transcribed from photo sleeve: Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being assembled at Long Beach Harbor. Stamped on back of photo: "Hughes Aircraft Photo" and the date "Jan 8 1947." Los Angeles Harbor, Terminal Island are now known and Long Beach.

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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

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 the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 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 a parade for Howard Hughes, Chicago, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Hughes and Flyers Welcomed to Chicago - A view of the parade staged in honor of Howard Hughes and his four companions passing down La Salle Street, Chicago, in a shower of ticker-tape and paper. The flyers, who circled the globe in 3 days and 19 hours, are in the first three autos. Credit Lines (ACME) 7/30/38 (NY)."

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Photograph of people in the Boulder City Hotel, Boulder City (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Group of people drinking in the remodeled Boulder City Hotel, Boulder City, 1970s.

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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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