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Edward P. Mulrooney, City of New York, New York Police Commissioner, foreword on gun control, approximately 1930 to 1931

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 056 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Hughes entering his plane for inspection, approximately 1945-1955

Date

1945 to 1955

Description

Howard Hughes inspecting one of his planes. Image taken circa late 1940s/early 1950s.

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Aerial photograph of Hughes Flying Boat en route to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat skimming the water in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

The Hughes Flying Boat taking off (or landing) in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947. Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)

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Photograph of an employee testing Hughes Tool Company drill bits, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1960

Description

Transcribed from attachment to photo: "TOUGH TEST - A hard formation drilling test is begun in the big laboratory at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, where any drilling condition found anywhere in the world can be duplicated. Here, where the vast majority of rock bits used in the U. S. and Canada are produced, is the cornerstone of Howard Hughes' industrial empire; it was principally the income from the oil drilling equipment company which enables Hughes to branch out into many other fields."

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Sound cue sheets, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, copy for New York, New York showing, 1930 June 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 026 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

James Otto Williamson, employment application to Southern Surety Company of New York, New York, 1931 June 17

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 478 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes with XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952

Date

1952-10-23

Description

L-R: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Howard Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Col. Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, pilot; and unidentified pilot in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17 Flying Crane on October 23, 1952. This was one of Hughes' last public appearances.

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Photographs of Howard Hughes in a film editing lab, circa late 1940s to early 1950s

Date

1946 to 1953

Description

Howard Hughes sits in a chair in front of a film editing desk. Behind the desk are shelves holding various reels of film. A film editing machine is seen on the desk.

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