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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937

Date

1937-01

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes alighting from his plane at Newark Airport after establishing a new transcontinental record.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 landing in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes landing at Fairbanks 8:18 p.m. after flight from Moscow in 12 hrs., 17 mins. - distance 2457 mi. Distance flown from New York: 11, 188 mi. Elapsed time from New York, 72 hrs., 58 min. Flight time, 54 hrs., 39 min."

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New freight depot at Moapa, 1938-1948

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 16 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Howard Hughes at Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937

Date

1937-01

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes being welcomed at Newark Airport after setting a new transcontinental record of 332 miles an hour.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, New York, 1936

Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick beside Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes (distance 1095 miles; average speed 250 mph; high speed 290 mph). This bettered Jimmy Wedell's July 1933 record by 36 minutes. New York, New York."

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Photograph of spectators around the Lockheed 14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, October 7, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Spectators gathered around the Lockheed 14 at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, to watch Howard Hughes take off, October 1938.

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