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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.
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Harrah's at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)
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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Series
Scope and Contents
Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
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: N/A
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Map of Texas, California, New Mexico and the northern states of Mexico, October 15, 1842
Date
1842-10-15
Description
'Published under the superintendence of the Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.' 'Published by Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, 15 Oct. 1842.' 'J. & C. Walker, Sculpt.' Scale [ca. 1:7,600,000]. 1 in. to ca. 120 miles (W 125°--W 91°/N 43°--N 23° 30?). 1 map ; 31 x 39 cm. Relief indicated by hachures and spot heights. Shows elevations in yards. Includes notes on exploring expeditions, etc. Borders hand colored. Chapman & Hall.
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Adamar of New Jersey License Application, December 15, 1981
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
International Association of Gaming Attorneys Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00250
Collection Name: International Association of Gaming Attorneys Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: International Association of Gaming Attorneys Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes visiting the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (foreground) and S. P. Brown (bending over) examining the new Hughes rock bit head at the Hughes Tool Company plant.
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Proposed Hotel, Atlantic City Convention Center: Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1976 November 22
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Series
Archival Collection
Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00382
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of electronic equipment testing at Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1959
Date
1959
Archival Collection
Description
Technicians working with large pieces of electronic equipment.
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Map of the city of Las Vegas, 1953
Date
1953
Description
24 x 38 cm. on sheet 43 x 56 cm., folded to 28 x 13 cm. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas businesses. Advertisements for Las Vegas businesses, inset map of North Las Vegas, and index on verso. Copyright held by Redwood Pub. Co. Includes inset map of the Strip (U.S. 91 or Los Angeles Highway). Map is irregularly shaped. Original publisher: Redwood Pub. Co..
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Map of California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, circa 1867
Date
1865 to 1869
Description
39 x 56 cm. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by A.J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Atlas page numbers in upper margin: 67-68. Primer meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. On verso: History and statistical view of the West India islands or Columbian Archipelago and Historical and statistical view of Mexico and Central America. Shows proposed railroads, locations of Indian tribes, natural features, counties, mines, mail routes, trails and routes of exploring expeditions. Has decorative border. Southern part of Nevada was added to the state in 1867 and is part of Nevada on this map, but Lincoln County was established in 1867 and is not on this map. This map was still probably published in 1867 in spite of someone's having written "1864" in pencil in the lower right corner of the Library's copy. Original publisher: A.J. Johnson.
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