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Hughes Aircraft Company Weapons System Publications
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Abstract
The Hughes Aircraft Company Weapons System Publications (approximately 1965-2011) contain brochures, booklets, photographs, and illustrations of the AWG-9/Phoenix Air Superiority Weapon Control System developed by Hughes Aircraft Company Aerospace Systems Division based in California. The collection contains photographs of various aircraft, as well as a Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT) test at the Naval Ordnance Test Station near China Lake, California.
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes in New York beside the Northrop Gamma Racer at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York speed record, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company photographs, 1917-1997
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Materials contain photographs of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company from 1917 to 1997. The photographs primarily depict factories, laboratories, and tools produced by the Hughes Tool Company. The Hughes Aircraft Company was founded in 1932 as a division of Hughes Tool Company.
Archival Collection
Archival Component
Press release announcing Howard Hughes' purchase of the Sands Hotel
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes riding on back of car in a parade marking the New York World's Fair, approximately 1939-1940
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes giving a news conference beside his airplane after landing in New York, 1947 April
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes in the back seat of a car en route to his hotel in New York, 1936 July 14
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes and his crew on the steps of City Hall for photographs in New York City, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
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