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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved 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. The airship photographing the scene is shown by shadow.

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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat during its test flight, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Date stamped on back of photo: Nov 2, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "IN THE AIR Hughes Flying boat, with Howard Hughes at the controls, takes to the air at Los Angeles Harbor November 2, 1947. LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 2 - - Howard Hughes' 400,000-pound flying boat, world's largest plane, in the air on its first flight. The mammoth aircraft today flew one mile at a height of 70 feet over Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship but it 'felt so good' on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water, as shown here, on the third and final run. The super plane's air speed was 100 miles per hour. Take-off speed was 95 miles per hour. Hughes termed the tests exceptionally successful. The eight-engine behemoth, launched yesterday off Terminal Island, passed its tests today in view of thousands on the shore and in small craft near the test area."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing near Douglas DC-3, New York, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Howard Hughes standing under the propeller of a Douglas DC-3.

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Description of the Hughes Aircraft Co. campus in Culver City, California and a brief history of the Company prepared by the Los Angeles Conservancy for a tour of the remains of the company building, 2011 March 20

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Aircraft Company Weapons System Publications
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01119
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Company Weapons System Publications
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Series II. Hughes Productions, 1920 to 1992, 1927 to 1979

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Hughes Productions series (1920-1992) primarily details the production, advertising, and censorship for The Outlaw, a film directed by Howard Hughes. Materials include advertising and publicity, editing, legal, production and direction, story development, administrative, distribution, censorship, and financial records, as well as film soundtracks and records from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and United Artists Corporation. The series also contains ledgers, telegrams, newspaper clippings, music sheets and scores, reports, memoranda, agreements, correspondence, affidavits, analyses, screenplays, synopses, and story treatments. Black-and-white photographic prints and negatives include publicity, production, direction, set, and location scouting stills.

Corporate records contain administrative, legal, and financial reports, contracts, and correspondence pertaining to business operations. Also included are distribution materials from the MPAA and United Artists Corporation.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of the fuselage section of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved 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 HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.

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Film transparency of the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, 1917

Date

1917

Description

Employees in front of the Hughes Tool Company building in Houston, Texas in 1917.

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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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