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Photograph of a crowd watching Howard Hughes boarding an airliner, circa July 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

Crowd of people watching Howard Hughes board an airliner that was heading for Washington.

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Aerial photograph of Hughes' flying boat docked at harbor, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 16, 1947. "Hughes Aircraft" stamped on the back of the image.

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Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948

Date

1948-08-23

Archival Collection

Description

Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.

Text

Summey, Barbara, Hughes Aviation, 1976 February 06

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 42

Archival Component

Hughes Airport glass shop, 1974 May 02

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 50

Archival Component

Hughes Airport Shops advertising, 1974 April 02

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 50

Archival Component

Aviation. Hughes Airport. Contains mailgram, 1979 September

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (96th Session)

Archival Component

Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1 was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded. The bit was invented by Howard Hughes' father.

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Exterior of new Bank of Nevada: photographic print

Date

1958-11-09

Description

Historic Events in Henderson's History. New Bank of Nevada. (7 West Pacific, Henderson, Nevada.) It opened February 8, 1954.

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Photograph of Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, and others with the first Hughes Aircraft Company radar antenna, 1952

Date

1952

Description

The first radar antenna produced at Hughes on Sept. 28, 1949 was returned for service three years later at the opening of a new service shop. Pictured from left to right are Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, Ray B. Parkhurst, and Harold George

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