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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
Identifier
MS-00693
Abstract
The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Film transparency of three employees of the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada, December 15, 1931
Date
1931-12-15
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of three employees from the Stenographic Office at the Bureau of Reclamation with the following printed description: "Left to right: Hannah Houn, Stenographer; Cecile M. Dotson, Mails and File Clerk; Rose V. Crippa, Stenographer."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes in Seattle, Washington, July 5, 1939
Date
1939-07-05
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes on a mystery shrouded visit to Seattle. Photo shows him near the tail of a Stratoliner."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936
Date
1936-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes getting into the Northrop Gamma Racer.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, April, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes exiting an airplane in New York, flanked by two unidentified men.
Image
Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, June 12, 1946
Date
1946-06-12
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."
Image
Hughes Electronics B-Roll, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
"The Amazing Howard Hughes", undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Hughes Communications: Chronology, 1998
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Non-Hughes publications, 1973
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component