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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 01, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes At Controls Of Sky Giant For Taxi Tests - Long Beach, Cal. : Howard Hughes, millionaire plane builder, flyer and movie maker, is shown at the controls of the world's largest flying boat prior to taking the 400,000-pound craft out for taxi tests on Los Angeles Harbor. The plane, which figured in the Senate investigation of Hughes' wartime activities last summer, is 219 feet long with a wingspan of 320 feet. It was launched today, but will not be air tested until next spring. Shortly after this photo was made it was announced that taxi tests had been postponed. 11/1/47."
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Photograph of men in a boat, Lake Mead, April 20, 1938
Date
1938-04-20
Archival Collection
Description
Several individuals stand on a boat at Lake Mead. From left to right: Carl A. Lehnert, Chief Ranger of the Boulder Dam Recreational Area; 2. Dr. C.W. West, Chairman of Nevada State Parks; 3. Guy D. Edwards, Supervisor of Boulder Dam Recreational Area; 4. Robert H. Rose, Naturalist, U.S. Park Service.
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Nadine Henley, Howard Hughes, and Vivian Leslie regarding Hughes deferring responsibilities to work on the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" seaplane, and on acquiring film producers, 1948 September 10 to 1953 February 19
Level of Description
File
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: Box 379 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 379 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes HK1, Flying Boat, leaving or returning from its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Photograph of Boulder City School Board, Boulder City, Nevada, 1948
Date
1948
Archival Collection
Description
Description provided with image: "Boulder City School Board. L-R: Don McCormick, (?), Elbert Edwards, Ray Collins, and H. O. Watts in Boulder City, Nevada 1948."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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