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Photograph of Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes and Jack Dempsey, New York City, June 1964
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1935-1945
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Materials contain photographs of the Hughes H-1 Racer aircraft from 1935 to 1945. 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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
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Some Effects of an Increase in Police Manpower in the 20th Precinct of New York City by S. James Press, the New York City Rand Institute, 1971 October
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ardis Kearns Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16
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Third Avenue, New York by John McNulty, 1946 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
Box/Folder: Box 05
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat wing under construction, Culver City, California, June 1, 1945
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes in New York beside the Northrop Gamma Racer at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York speed record, 1936
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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National City Bank of New York account transactions, 1932 April to 1933 February
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 089 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes next to an airplane and surrounded by crowds at Houston Airport, Texas, July, 30, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Hughes Space and Communications: Satellite Manufacturing B-Roll 2000, 2000 July 31
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11
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