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Howard Hughes and Joe Petrali, chief of services for Hughes Aircraft, 1947

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 23

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s

Date
1935 to 1939
Description
A view of Howard Hughes alighting from his plane, possibly in Floyd Bennet Airfield in 1938.

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Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977

Date
1977-02-23
Description

On February 23, 1977, collector Mark E. French interviewed local farmer, Francis E. Hughes (born March 9th, 1917 in Mesquite, Nevada) in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of the general lifestyle and culture in Mesquite. Mr. Hughes mother, Orilla Leavitt, was born in Bunkerville, Nevada. Members of Mr. Hughes’s family were amongst the first settlers in the Mesquite area.

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Leon Hughes and his horse: photographic print

Date
1938
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family

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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938

Date
1938
Description
Howard Hughes (center) and unidentified men walking through a crowd.

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Aerial photograph of the Hughes Aircraft plant, Tucson, Arizona, 1951

Date
1951
Description
Hughes Aircraft plant in Tucson, Arizona, during construction, 1951.

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Pitkin, Walter B. & Hughes, Harold F., The Young Citizen at Work and at Play, D. Appleton & Company: New York, 1929

Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
19th and 20th Century Children's Literature
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Collection Number: MS-00324
Collection Name: 19th and 20th Century Children's Literature
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947

Date
1947-11-08
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes Writes Notes During Senate Hearing, Washington, D.C. --- With notes and manuscripts scattered at his feet, millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes is shown as he conferred with several of the witnesses who testified in his behalf at the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing today. Credit (ACME Photo) 11/8/47."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes drinking water, 1936

Date
1936-01
Description
Howard Hughes drinking what seems to be a glass of water. There are onlookers behind him. Written on back: "Howard Hughes and plane." Presumably the Northrop Gamma Racer.

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