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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in France, July 11, 1938
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Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the 1939 New York World's Fair by Grover Whalen, 1938
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
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New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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The New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection consists of materials from the "Heroes of 9-11" display that was at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2001 to 2012. The materials primarily consist of more than 5,000 t-shirts left at the memorial by visitors to Las Vegas, mostly from fire departments and law enforcement agencies from around the United States. Visitors left shirts and other items at the memorial as a sign of respect for the men and women who died during the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001. The collection also houses memorabilia and other items left at the memorial, including flags, hats, pins, buttons, flowers, and embroidered emblems and insignias. The materials also contain documentation of the memorial, including promotional and press materials, video recordings from the news media, photographs, and newspaper articles.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Jessee Jones, July 21, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Le Bourget, France, July 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14, New York, circa 1920s-1950s
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, New York, 1936
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