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Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, circa 1946

Date

1945 to 1947

Description

A view of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man, circa 1937

Date

1937

Description

Howard Hughes shaking hands with an unidentified man.

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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02200

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Larry Sampson on November 28, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Kirk-Hughes relates her birth and upbringing in Simmersport, Louisiana, becoming a teen mother, earning a GED and earning her first college degree before marrying and moving to Greece and Dubai. She then explains how she returned to the United States to earn her masters degree before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She discusses her second marriage, her decision to attend law school, and her decision to go into private practice instead of working for a law firm. She talks about cases she worked on, people in the community she knew, and the effects of discrimination on her work and career. She ends by talking about her third marriage and sharing thoughts on how the Las Vegas African American community has lost some of the cohesiveness and unity of earlier decades.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 06, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Description given with photo: "The multi-millionaire plane builder is leafing through a 92-page report of the testimony he gave the senators 6 months ago in secret session as he testified. -INP Photos by N.K. Benson- 8/6/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with other men, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A view of Howard Hughes talking with four unidentified men.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes inside of a DC-3, April, 1947

Date

1947-04

Description

Howard Hughes inside of the DC-3. Stamped on back of photo: "Hughes Aircraft Photo."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

A view of Howard Hughes at a banquet dedicated to him in Los Angeles, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, standing by the XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."

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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937

Date

1937-01

Description

Howard Hughes wearing parachute near the tail of Hughes Racer in the Newark Airport.

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