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Photograph of Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, and others with the first Hughes Aircraft Company radar antenna, 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
The first radar antenna produced at Hughes on Sept. 28, 1949 was returned for service three years later at the opening of a new service shop. Pictured from left to right are Charles B. Thornton, S. Ramo, Ray B. Parkhurst, and Harold George
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Mann (Las Vegas) regarding Las Vegas water supply, June 9, 1938
Date
1938-06-09
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas was just entering the hottest part of the year and well No. 1 had dropped off production considerably.
Text
Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat section being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946
Date
1946-06-15
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. Date stamped on back of photo.
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Photograph of the Hughes flight training school, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.
Date
1965 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
The public entrance of the Hughes Flight Training School is on the left. The door at right leads into the auxiliary hangar area. Tonopah Highway is in the foreground. North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.
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Photograph of a man working on rock bit drilling pieces at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT PRODUCTION more than 500,000 rock bits produced last year by the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, for drilling the kind of deep wells which now produce 90 per cent of the world's petroleum. The rock bit was invented by Howard Hughes' father and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his industrial empire. The machinist above is performing an operation on the cones which make up the rotating end of the Hughes rock bit." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "The Kearney and Trecker 4 spindle machine at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas. Ca. 1950s."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "NEW PHOTO PLANE TEST-FLOWN CULVER CITY, California, July 7 -- Howard Hughes, who designed and built the new FX-11 reconnaissance plane in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers, sits in the pilot's bubble-glass canopy preparing for the first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photo planes, the XF-11 can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour, Army officials said. It is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Outstanding features include a full-span flap, unique eight-camera layout, and exceptionally fast take-off." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.
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Film transparency collage of signs from several of Hughes' properties on the Las Vegas Strip, circa 1966-1970
Date
1966 to 1970
Archival Collection
Description
Collage of marquees of Howard Hughes' Las Vegas properties.
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Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, vice president of the Hughes Tool Company, look over their files and statements as the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee's hearing got under way, 1947 August 08
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 25
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 25
Archival Component
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering 33rd commencement program
Date
1996-05-11
Archival Collection
Description
Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
Text
U.S. Senator Harry P. Cain, member of a Senate Subcommittee investigating Howard Hughes's war contracts, talking with Hughes beside the controversial XF-11 photo-reconnaissance plane, 1947 August 16
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component