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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airport just before Hughes takes off for Paris.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airport just before Hughes takes off for Paris.
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Photograph of the interior of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947
Date
1947-10-31
Archival Collection
Description
Men working inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo: "Inside the Boat: Shown in a view looking toward the tail of the Hughes Flying Boat, the man is dwarfed by the giant interior of the airplane."
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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
To request this item in person:
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 a jet plane designed by Howard Hughes, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A plane, designed by Howard Hughes, parked on a field with a group of people in the foreground. The plane is numbered, CF-EJO-X, and it is an Avro Canada Jetline.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. "Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: A scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world flight. 7-14-38 (Press Association)."
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Newspaper clippings about Hughes business associates and competitors, 1948-1976
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 49
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: Box 49
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of Terminal Island with the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947
Date
1947-10-31
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, showing Hughes Aircraft Company and the industrialization of the area.
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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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