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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
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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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Map of California and Territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1862
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat wing under construction, Culver City, California, June 1, 1945
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Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Collection Name: Nat Hart Professional Papers
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Atlantic City Convention Hall: postcards and opening day booklet, 1928
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Collection Name: Sonny Schwartz Recordings and Papers
Box/Folder: Box 15
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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938
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Knights of Pythias and the Miners' Union Hall, Virginia City, Nevada: postcard
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Slide presentation from a hearing at a City Hall in Nevada: photographic slide
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Off-site radiation exposure review project organization chart"
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