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Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1937
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Materials depict the Hughes H-1 Racer in 1937. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Settlement statements for The Outlaw, advice of credit, National City Bank of New York, New York, approximately 1946 to 1949
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 247 (Restrictions apply)
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Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
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Howard Hughes, co-pilot Joseph Bartles, and navigator Robert Stevens at the controls of their Lockheed Constellation after landing at LaGuardia Field in New York City, 1946 February 15
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
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Photograph of Howard Hughes speaking to the press, Culver City, California, July 30, 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes climbing into the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
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Harry Hall oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Harry Hall conducted by Dennis McBride on June 20, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Hall discusses how the hope of work on the dam encouraged his move to Nevada with his mother and stepfather. He then talks at some length about living in a tent in Ragtown, the various illegal bootlegging establishments along the dirt road running between Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, and working on the dam. He continues talking about working conditions, the heat, and the labor strike at the dam in August, 1931.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the first XF-11, Culver City, California, 1946
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Photograph of City Hall decorated for Christmas, North Las Vegas, December 20, 1961
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the XF-11, Culver City, California, July 7, 1946
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