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"Tax Payers’ Guide" 1926 (booklet) and 1938 Los Angeles, 1926-1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 71
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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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 1936
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Archival Collection
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Aerial photograph of an unknown landscape, circa 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1943
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Archival Collection
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Portrait photograph of young Howard Hughes
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Hughes XF-11 plane at the Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, April 4, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes supervises construction of the Hughes D-2 at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1943
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1920s
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Howard Hughes College of Engineering Dean Rama Venkat inside the Thomas Beam Engineering building Great Hall on August 1, 2016: digital photographs
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