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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 the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938
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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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Howard Hughes standing with other unidentified men near his plane in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles, California, 1938
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others with the Hughes XH-17 plane, circa 1952
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Radio operators William C. Rockefeller, Dushan Siljegovich, and Larry Weintraub keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his flight, 1938 July 13
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Radio operators William C. Rockefeller, Dushan Siljegovich, and Larry Weintraub keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his flight, 1938 July 13
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Radio operators William C. Rockefeller, Dushan Siljegovich, and Larry Weintraub keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his flight, 1938 July 13
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Radio operators William C. Rockefeller, Dushan Siljegovich, and Larry Weintraub keeping in touch with Howard Hughes during his flight, 1938 July 13
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Colonel James A. Moss, founder of the U.S. Flag Association, presenting Cross of Honor at World's Fair dinner to Howard Hughes, 1938 July 20
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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