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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Mexico City, Mexico, February 18, 1947
Date
1947-02-18
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Mexican President Greets Visitors, Mexico City, Mex. -- Howard Hughes (left), millionaire aircraft manufacturer and movie producer, and Cary Grant (right), Hollywood screen star, who made a plane trip together to Mexico City, are pictured with A.C. Blumenthal (gesturing), famous hotelman and President Miguel Aleman at the National Palace. Credit Line (ACME). 2/18/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937
Date
1937
Archival Collection
Description
A portrait of Howard Hughes posing in front of two flags.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Earl Martyn in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (right) and Earl Martyn inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which was near completion on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Hughes Flying Boat, also called the Spruce Goose, was the largest plane in the world.
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Hughes Aviation
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes smiling and sitting at a desk.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes smiling and sitting at a desk.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes talking to an unidentified man.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a luncheon, March 4, 1937
Date
1937-03-04
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Attending the Advertising Club Luncheon in his honor, Howard Hughes is shown with (left to right) Eddie Rickenbacher, Frank Hawks, H. B. Lequattes, and Dick Merrill.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 01, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes At Controls Of Sky Giant For Taxi Tests - Long Beach, Cal. : Howard Hughes, millionaire plane builder, flyer and movie maker, is shown at the controls of the world's largest flying boat prior to taking the 400,000-pound craft out for taxi tests on Los Angeles Harbor. The plane, which figured in the Senate investigation of Hughes' wartime activities last summer, is 219 feet long with a wingspan of 320 feet. It was launched today, but will not be air tested until next spring. Shortly after this photo was made it was announced that taxi tests had been postponed. 11/1/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the inside fuselage of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Image taken from the forward section.
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