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Photograph of a man working at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard formation. Howard Hughes' father invented the rock bit in 1908 and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his fabulous industrial empire in motion pictures, air transportation, aeronautical research and design, aircraft manufacture, electronics, armament and brewing."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947
Date
1947-05-12
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
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Hughes Flite Deck Restaurant and Omni Bar at the Hughes Executive Terminal. Credit to Theodore F. Whitmoyer: photographic print, approximately 1968 to 1972
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00237
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Photograph of Hughes' Flying Boat on a test run, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes conducting a test run of his Flying Boat in San Pedro, California.
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Hughes Hotels "Spring Spree" promotion records
Date
1972
Archival Collection
Description
Series XVII. Hotel and Casino Promotional Events
Mixed Content
News Zero: New York Times and the Bomb, book, 2004
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Human Radiation Experiments Records
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Collection Number: MS-00776
Collection Name: Human Radiation Experiments Records
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: Human Radiation Experiments Records
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Distinguished Service Award, New York Botanical Garden, 1987
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00355
Collection Name: Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
Box/Folder: Box 13
Collection Name: Jeanne Russell Janish Papers
Box/Folder: Box 13
Archival Component
Friends of New York Racing correspondence and president's remarks, 2005
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 006
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 006
Archival Component
Onöndowága (Allegany Seneca of New York) news report, 1992
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 023
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 023
Archival Component
Onöndowága (Cattaraugus Seneca of New York) news report, 1992
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 023
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 023
Archival Component