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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
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Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11, 1946 July 07
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
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Photograph of museum basement corner, Boulder City, (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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UNLV graduate Lisa Morris Hibbler poses at Las Vegas City Hall July 31, 2014 in Las Vegas: digital photographs
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City Hall building, once the Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1930-1949
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s
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Wilbur Square Park in Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1937-1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 80
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Photograph of Wilbur and Toni Clark, New York City, 1958
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