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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Hughes Tool Company v. Benjamin Fielding, Commissioner of Licenses of the city of New York, New York and Arthur W. Wallander, Police Commissioner of New York, correspondence regarding court decision, 1947 January 20 to 1947 February 21
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 165 (Restrictions apply)
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New York New York gaming floor, 1996
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Interior b-roll footage of New York New York casino floor, camera pans to different areas on the floor, pans in and out on people interacting with various slot machines, table games, and generally walking around. Original media Betacam SP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Collection Name: UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 03
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Howard Hughes after landing in New York after a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask; with him were Charles Perrine, Glenn Odekirk, and Harry Connor, 1938 August 20
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Howard Hughes after landing in New York after a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask; with him were Charles Perrine, Glenn Odekirk, and Harry Connor, 1938 August 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Howard Hughes after landing in New York after a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask; with him were Charles Perrine, Glenn Odekirk, and Harry Connor, 1938 August 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Howard Hughes after landing in New York after a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask; with him were Charles Perrine, Glenn Odekirk, and Harry Connor, 1938 August 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Photograph of Howard in Washington, D. C., July 1938
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Photograph of the Hughes H-1 Racer, circa 1937
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Leon Hughes, son of John R. Hughes, on the Pahrump Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. John Hughes was then the owner of the ranch.
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