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Photograph of Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
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Abstract
The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Hughes XF-11 photographs, 1946-1947
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Materials contain photographs of the Hughes XF-11 prototype military reconnaissance aircraft. Howard Hughes piloted the two XF-11 prototypes built: in July 1946, Hughes crashed the first XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California; in April 1947, Hughes successfully flew the second prototype at high speeds and at high altitudes. However, the United States Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and in August of 1947, Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee in the U.S. Senate about the failures of the program.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Wengert children, 1935-1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of dwelling at Lost City, 1938
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Archival Collection
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A restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away.
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Foulsham's Original Old Moore's Almanack for 1938. London: W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., 1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 31
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, April, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1939
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Archival Collection
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