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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Clifford Adams in WINS radio station, New York, New York, January 16, 1936
Date
1936-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (left) and Clifford Adams at microphone of Station WINS in New York City.
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Photograph of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat during its test flight, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes HK-1, Flying Boat, test flight in the Los Angeles Harbor with ships, boats and observation planes visible.
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Photograph of men working on the interior of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947
Date
1947-10-31
Archival Collection
Description
Men working inside the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Photograph of workmen moving the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat in Terminal Island at the Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat towed by workmen with a capstan at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, skyline view of New York City with Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground. Typed onto script included with the image: "Howard Hughes plane Lockheed 14 in flight over lower New York City. To right in the background can be seen New York City's three bridges of the lower East River from front to rear: the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge."
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 8, 1922
Date
1922-07-08
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Leo A. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 8, 1922
Text
Photograph of a replica of the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A trophy modeled for display after the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1. The drill bit was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded.
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Photograph of costumed children for the 4th of July, circa 1930s-1950s
Date
1930 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. The children stand in three row as they don sailor costumes with matching sailor hats.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a press conference beside his Douglas DC-3, New York, April, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.
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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he exited his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airfield just after performing his final landing on his Around the World flight.
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