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Crowd gathered around-the-world circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal, 1938 August 02
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), December 11, 1951
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Shamberger advised the Water District to purchase the lands surrounding the Las Vegas Springs as well as other springs and wells in the area to protect its water sources in the future.
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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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.
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City map of Las Vegas, 1973
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat wing under construction, Culver City, California, June 1, 1945
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Photograph of police escorting the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, June 15, 1946
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Leon Hughes, son of John R. Hughes, on the Pahrump Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. John Hughes was then the owner of the ranch.
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Knights of Pythias and the Miners' Union Hall, Virginia City, Nevada: postcard
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes and co-pilot Joseph Bartles at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
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