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Photograph of a worker at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Press release attached to back of photo: "A roughneck fits a new Hughes Jet bit into the drill collar preparatory to running the drill stem into the hold. In 1953 more than 500,000 rock bits produced by the Hughes Tool Company of Houston, Texas, were used in the United States alone. The invention of the rock bit by Howard R. Hughes, Sr., made it possible to drill far deeper into the earth beyond the shallow oil deposits which are now practically exhausted. Without rotary drilling equipment of this kind the world might revert to a horse and buggy economy."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 in Lake Mead, 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 plane crash in Lake Mead.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 in Lake Mead, 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 plane crash in Lake Mead.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 in Lake Mead, 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 plane crash in Lake Mead.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes climbing into the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes on a ladder, climbing into the XF-11. A police officer is seen in the background.
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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the 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 on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.
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Photograph of mechanics with the Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a plane used by Howard Hughes being fueled up at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.
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Administrative chart for the Hughes Tool Company, 1950
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00581
Collection Name: D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people watching the arrival of Howard Hughes and his crew in Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft after completing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes lands at Floyd Bennett Field. 7/38"
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"Development of Hughes' Gyrostat System" report, 1967
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component