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WRFM New York City radio, 1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00579
Collection Name: Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Arnie and Sheila Wexler Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Senator Visits Hughes, Culver City, Calif.; Senator Harry P. Cain (R. Wash.) (left), member of a Senate Subcommittee investigating Howard Hughes' war contracts, chats with Hughes (right) beside his controversial XF-11 photo-reconnaissance plane just before the millionaire plane maker took off for a test flight from his private Culver City Airport today (8/16). Credit (ACME) 8/16/47."
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Howard Hughes and crew at a luncheon: Harry P. Connor, navigator of the Hughes plane; Grover Whalen; Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City; Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; and Edward Lund, flight engineer; also William Randolph Hearst Jr. of the Hearst publishing company, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
Archival Component
Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00329
Abstract
The Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (1986) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints and conceptual sketches of the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The photographs depict casino patrons in various locations throughout the Showboat, and the sketches show exterior and interior designs.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, New York, September 12, 1946
Date
1946-09-12
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Just A Few Words Please, New York -- Howard Hughes says a few words for the radio audience just after his arrival here late last night, Sept. 11th, from Kansas City. The multi-millionaire movie producer and flier flew the distance from Kansas City to New York in four hours and 38 minutes, piloting his converted B-23 army transport. Creditline (ACME) 9/12/46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and W.D. "Jim" Guthrive at Roosevent Field, New York, July 18, 1938
Date
1938-07-18
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten on the back of the image: "Talking to W.D. "Jim" Guthrive at Roosevelt Field. 7/18/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Washington Airport, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the back of the image: "Howard Hughes at the Washington Airport. July 1938."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes speaking into a mike at Paris before leaving for Moscow on the second leg of his round the world flight 7-12-1938"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes Pilots Radar-Equipped Plane Culver City, Calif. -- First passenger plane equipped with radar is flown in demonstration May 1st by Howard Hughes (left) and co-pilot R.C. Loomis over Culver City. Pilots using this equipment will be warned of approaching obstacles by lights flashing on radar panel. Two lights (lefts) with 2,000-foot range, are used to guarantee clearance over mountains; two lights (right) with 500-foot range, are a safety device for approaches and landings. Either set of lights warns against approaching aircraft. Trans-World Airline plans to install radar on its passenger planes. Credit (ACME) 5-3-47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes being escorted by Grover Whalen and several guards at Floyd Bennett Airfield.
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