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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. The airship photographing the scene is shown by shadow.
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Photograph of men working in the Hughes Tool Co. factory, Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Men working on Hughes rock drilling bit piece #5411-482 at the Hughes Tool company in Houston, Texas.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes (right) after being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (left), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California.
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Fourth of July menu, Tuesday, July 4, 1905, The Burnet House
Date
1905-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Note: Menu includes song lyrics to "America" Menu insert: Song Lyrics Restaurant: Burnet House (Cincinnati, Ohio) Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Text
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother July 8, 1907
Date
1907-06-08
Archival Collection
Description
Letter to his mother. There is a list of photographs by number with a description of each. He briefly addressed the festivities of July 4th, including the fact that there were no fireworks because of the high risk of fires.
Text
Airline Pilot magazine, 1980 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00693
Collection Name: Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Flight path map, 1938 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 07
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 03, 1947
Date
1947-11-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Before Surprise Flight, Long Beach, Calif.: No longer land-locked, Howard Hughes' 200-ton flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free in Los Angeles harbor after being floated for the first time. The builder and pilot later took the controversial plane into the air for a surprise one-mile flight during taxing trials. Credit (ACME) 11-3-47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes (right) being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (left), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California. An unidentified man sits between the two.
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Photograph of a drill bit at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "LITTLE BIT Only an inch and a quarter in diameter, this "microbit" enables engineers at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, to estimate the performance of full-size bits for the oil drilling industry. The company operates the largest testing laboratory of its kind anywhere in the world and produces thousands of rock bits necessary to drill deeper and deeper as the world's shallow oil wells have become exhausted. Howard Hughes terms the Hughes Tool company the "keystone" of his industrial empire."
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