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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Flying Boat's controls, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes at the controls of the Flying Boat, November 1, 1947, prior to its first taxi tests in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, New York, circa September 1946
Date
1946-09
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes shaking the hand of an unidentified man in New York, New York.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being transported over a bridge in Long Beach, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being transported over a bridge in Long Beach, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Long Beach, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes' Hercules being transported over a bridge in Long Beach, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes (right) is standing next to an unidentified man (probably a mechanic, left).
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Photograph of Hughes on "The Outlaw" movie set, Hollywood (Calif.), approximately 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Oversized image of Howard Hughes on the motion picture set of "The Outlaw." He is discussing a scene with a couple of members of the cast.
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Dunn, Collin & Co. thirty-fourth annual dinner to their employees, menu, Saturday, July 15, 1899, at Haxell's Hotel
Date
1899-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Menu insert: Toasts Restaurant: Haxell's Hotel Location: Brighton, East Sussex, England
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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat during its test flight, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Date stamped on back of photo: Nov 2, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "IN THE AIR Hughes Flying boat, with Howard Hughes at the controls, takes to the air at Los Angeles Harbor November 2, 1947. LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 2 - - Howard Hughes' 400,000-pound flying boat, world's largest plane, in the air on its first flight. The mammoth aircraft today flew one mile at a height of 70 feet over Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship but it 'felt so good' on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water, as shown here, on the third and final run. The super plane's air speed was 100 miles per hour. Take-off speed was 95 miles per hour. Hughes termed the tests exceptionally successful. The eight-engine behemoth, launched yesterday off Terminal Island, passed its tests today in view of thousands on the shore and in small craft near the test area."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, New York, September 12, 1946
Date
1946-09-12
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes being interviewed by reporters in New York, New York.
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