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Howard Hughes at the controls of plane before leaving Glendale, California, on a nonstop flight to New York, 1938 August 20

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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: Folder 17

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Yellow/black checkered print hat: New York-New York Hotel and Casino, approximately 2001-2012

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Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 488

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: New York Cornell Columbia Presbyterian Emergency Services, Medical Emblem/New York; Back: New York Cornell Columbia Presbyterian Emergency Services, Medical Emblem/New York, approximately 2001-2012

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Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 40

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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 19, 1937

Date

1937-01-19

Description

Howard Hughes near his Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after breaking the coast-to-coast record from Burbank to Newark in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 27 seconds. The distance he covered was 2490 miles while he was going an average speed of 332 mph. This record bettered his previous record by two hours.

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Latin Quarter (New York): programs

Date

1950 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2: Nightclubs

Mixed Content

Photograph of Howard Hughes visiting the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938

Date

1938-07-30

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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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

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

Date

1937-01

Description

Howard Hughes alighting from his plane at Newark Airport after establishing a new transcontinental record.

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: In Memory Of The Fallen 9-11-2001, Fire Department City Of New York, Police Department City Of New York, Dept. Emblems, Stars And Ribbon; Back: The Other Twin Towers Of New York, They Called We Responded, NYC In Flames And Police And Fire Department In Place Of Towers, approximately 2001-2012

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File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 256

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Photographs of 127 New York (N.Y.), Culinary Union, 1990s (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

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