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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Hercules Rolls Across Pontoon Bridge, Long Beach, Calif. -- The 220-foot, 60-ton fuselage-full, last section of Howard Hughes' $20,000,000 Flying Boat rolls across tricky pontoon bridge in Long Beach to complete a 28-mile trip to assembly dock at Terminal Island, Calif. The air giant is expected to try its wings early next year. Credit Line (ACME) NY."

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Blank mail order form and stock offer announcement letter from Patrick, Elliott, and Camp, Inc. of New York City, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08

Archival Component

Photocopy of the 1995 New York Times article "Bridge Returns, Starting in the Schools" by Joyce Jones, approximately 1995 to 1997

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge
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Collection Number: MS-00899
Collection Name: Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Heinrich, H. W., "Industrial Accident Prevention: a Scientific Approach," 3rd edition, (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.), 1950

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Blue Diamond Mine Corporate Records
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Collection Number: MS-00505
Collection Name: Blue Diamond Mine Corporate Records
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

Advisory Commission on Racing in the 21st Century report to the Governor and Legislature of the State of New York on harness racing and thoroughbred purses, 1994

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 185

Archival Component

D'Antonio, Michael. Atomic Harvest: Hanford and Lethal Toll of America's Nuclear Arsenal. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1983

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
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Collection Number: MS-00097
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: Box 9

Archival Component

Severud, Fred N. and Anthony F. Merrill. The Bomb Survival and You: Protection for People Buildings, and Equipment. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1954

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00097
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: Box 1

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes's Stratoliner in Glendale, California, August 30, 1939

Date

1939-08-30

Description

Description given with photograph: "Hughes' streamlined Stratoliner groomed for record dash. Glendale, Calif.-- With customary secrecy, Howard Hughes, millionaire oilman and speed-flier, is reported to be grooming his new $250,000, four-motored, streamlined Stratoliner(above) for another record-breaking transcontinental flight from Glendale, Calif., to New York. Hughes made the headlines some time ago when he broke the transcontinental record in a smaller ship. The new craft is pictured just before a trial flight at Glendale."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1943

Date

1942 to 1944

Description

A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1943

Date

1942 to 1944

Description

A view of Howard Hughes emerging from the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

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