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Photograph of a sailboat on the water, Lake Mead, January 1938

Date

1938

Description

Inscription with image reads: "View of the "Lake", the trip eight-meter racing boat recently launched on Lake Mead by its owners, Messrs. Breese of Chicago and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Jasper Morgan, boat designer. The owners are enthusiastic over possibilities of numbers of similar sailing craft being launched on Lake Mead in the future. Photo by Bureau of Rec."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes is standing in the image.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 07, 1947

Date

1947-11-07

Description

Description given with photo: "Ready To Resume Stand At Contract Inquiry, Washington, D.C. --- Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes, center, arrived in Washington today with "New Information" to put before the Senate War Investigating Committee and said he hoped he would be given a fair opportunity to present his "side of the case." Hughes is shown with newsmen after he landed at Washington National Airport. INP Photo by G.B. Kress. 11/07/47."

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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, June 23, 1947

Date

1947-06-23

Description

Aerial view of the Hughes Flying Boat at Pier E in Long Beach, California in 1947.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Terminal Island, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules at Terminal Island, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Terminal Island, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules at Terminal Island, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Terminal Island, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules at Terminal Island, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Terminal Island, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules at Terminal Island, California.

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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat fuselage, in transit to Terminal Island, California, June 14, 1946

Date

1946-06-14

Description

Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 14, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." 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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