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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, circa 1937
Date
1937
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes posing with an unidentified man, in front of a flag.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 7, 1939
Date
1939-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes pleased with new Stratoliner."
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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 crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, overhead view of Howard Hughes and his crew after completing his Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "On hand to welcome Hughes and his gallant crew New York City-- Looking down on a segment of the huge crowd that gathered at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to greet the arrival of Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four at the end of their record-smashing flight around the world. The tops of the cars jamming the parking spaces were used as coigns of vantage. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"
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