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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Earl Martyn in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component
Crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component
Crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes's completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Hughes Tool Company and Preston Sturges, Articles of Incorporation for California Pictures Corporation, 1944 July 19 to 1944 August 24
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 427 (Restrictions apply)
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
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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Hughes XF-11 photographs, 1946-1947
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Materials contain photographs of the Hughes XF-11 prototype military reconnaissance aircraft from 1946 to 1947. The photographs depict Howard Hughes piloting the two XF-11 prototypes that were built: during the test flight in July 1946, Hughes crashed the first XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California; in April 1947, Hughes successfully flew the second prototype at high speeds and at high altitudes. However, the United States Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and in August of 1947, Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee in the U.S. Senate about the failures of the program.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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