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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938
Date
1938-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes under the propeller of his DC-3, April, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes under the propeller of his Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The photo was taken right before or after his first flight since the nearly fatal XF-11 crash in 1946.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the first XF-11, Culver City, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in the cockpit of his XF-11 before its first test flight.
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Betty Jean Hughes riding a calf: photographic print
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family
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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 Howard Hughes inside and at the controls of the Spruce Goose in Long Beach, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat, November 1, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of his Flying Boat, Nov. 1, 1947.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and assistant in the cockpit of the HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat), circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes with assistant in the cockpit of the Flying Boat, circa 1947.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.
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