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Photograph of airplanes being built by Howard Hughes and workers, circa 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and his workers building airplanes.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Hughes Racer landing after historic flight, Newark (N.J.), January 19, 1937
Date
1937-01-19
Archival Collection
Description
Hughes' plane landing after historic flight. Inscription with image reads: "Hughes Racer landing at Newark Airport after breaking coast-to-coast record 27 sec. - distance 2490 mi. - average speed 332 mph. (This bettered his previous record by 2 hours.) Newark, New Jersey."
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Howard Hughes and crew flying over Los Angeles, California Hughes during a record-breaking flight, 1938 August 02
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
Photograph of worker in Hughes Machine Shop, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes Laboratory machine shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool and joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for the Research, Product and Metallurgical Engineering departments. This includes building new designs, new mechanisms and new devices for preliminary testing.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the side of one of Howard Hughes's planes.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the side of one of Howard Hughes's planes.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of one of Howard Hughes's planes in a hangar.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of one of Howard Hughes's planes in a hangar.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the side of Howard Hughes's Boeing Stratoliner.
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