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Howard Hughes standing with other unidentified men near his plane in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles, California, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Readers' News. London: published by Readers Union, 1938 November 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 23
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Howard Hughes being interviewed by media before beginning his around-the-world flight attempt, 1938 July 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Howard Hughes getting out of cabin door of Lockheed-14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York, 1938 July 14
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Howard Hughes, California Governor Frank Merriam, and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw in Los Angeles, California, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 16
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Crowds and the press at a parade for Howard Hughes celebrating his around-the-world trip in Chicago, Illinois, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Archival Component
Crowds and the press at a parade for Howard Hughes celebrating his around-the-world trip in Chicago, Illinois, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Archival Component
Crowds and the press at a parade for Howard Hughes celebrating his around-the-world trip in Chicago, Illinois, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Archival Component
Photograph of recreation area administration building, Boulder city (Nev.), March 31, 1938
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Archival Collection
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