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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to H. H. Larson (Los Angeles), July 15, 1940
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of the work keeping the Las Vegas Creek channel open to guarantee promised water to the Stewart Burial Plot.
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Howard Hughes warms up the XF-11 for its initial test flight, 1946 July 07
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, December 15, 1933-June, 1934
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes shaking the hand of a pilot of the airliner he was boarding that was heading to Washington, 1938 July 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes's XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California, 1946 July 07
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 22
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Near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes's XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California, 1946 July 07
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 22
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Near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes's XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California, 1946 July 07
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 22
Archival Component