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Howard Hughes in a New York hotel lobby after completing an around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
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Howard Hughes at the controls of plane before leaving Glendale, California, on a nonstop flight to New York, 1938 August 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Howard Hughes, Tom Thurlow, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Dale Powers in New York, 1938 July 04
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
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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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Landscaping along Civic Center Drive near City Hall in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.
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Exterior view of the North Las Vegas City Hall building in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.
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City map of Las Vegas, 1973
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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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Unidentified individuals at a City Hall hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352).
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Unidentified individuals at a City Hall hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352).
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