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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on back of photograph: "General view of welcoming ceremony. 7/14/1938"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in front of his biplane, Miami, 1934
Date
1934
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing in front of his biplane holding a trophy after winning the 1934 All-American Air Meet in Miami, Florida.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and two other men, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing between two unidentified men.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938
Date
1938-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on back of photograph: "As Hughes and his crew thanked Hull for cooperation Washington, D. C.-- Howard Hughes and his intrepid companions are shown here as they visited the State Department, July 21st, to thank Secretary Cordell Hull for cooperation on their round-the-world flight. Left to right: Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, Howard Hughes, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Harry Connor. Credit Line (ACME) 7/21/38."
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MGM Grand, New York New York, and housing shelter B-roll: video
Date
1997
Archival Collection
Description
Nighttime B-roll of MGM Grand and New York New York. Interview with a resident and B-roll of an unidentified housing shelter. Original media BetacamSP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection (UA-00098) – Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with aircraft technicians with the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and aircraft technicians next to the Northrop Gamma Racer.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, in the cockpit of his H-1 airplane, circa 1935-1940
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in open cockpit of his H-1 airplane, circa late 1930s.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, March 2, 1938
Date
1938-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in an Ambassador Hotel suite, Los Angeles, California, March 2, 1938.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 plane, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing by the XF-11 the day before his second test run on the plane.
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