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Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight photographs, 1938
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Materials depict the celebrations of Howard Hughes's circumnavigation flight in 1938. Along with a crew consisting of Harry Connor, Tom Thurlow, Richard Stoddart, and Ed Lund, Hughes flew the Super Electra on a global circumnavigation flight. On July 10, 1938, Hughes and the crew departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew to Paris, France, Moscow, Russia, Omsk, Russia, Yakutsk, Russia, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota before landing back in New York on July 14. The photographs primarily depict the parades thrown for Hughes after completion of the flight. The photographs also depict Hughes and his crew meeting with New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at New York City Hall, the National Press Association, and crowds of onlookers who attended the plane's landings in various cities.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards
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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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Hughes Tool Company v. Benjamin Fielding, Commissioner of Licenses of the city of New York, New York and Arthur W. Wallander, Police Commissioner of New York, correspondence regarding court decision, 1947 January 20 to 1947 February 21
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 165 (Restrictions apply)
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Howard Hughes inside of City Hall after completing his around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Howard Hughes, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and Grover Whalen leaving City Hall, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Howard Hughes, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and Grover Whalen leaving City Hall, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Howard Hughes, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and Grover Whalen leaving City Hall, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Ashley Hall oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ashley Hall conducted by Claytee D. White on September 2, 2015 and September 22, 2015 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hall discusses being the city manager of Las Vegas, Nevada during the early portion of the development of Summerlin, Nevada by the Hughes Corporation. He also discusses his earlier life before politics, pertaining to Nevada Trench Safety.
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Unknown author. Winner of Hughes Suit: Robert Aime Maheu, New York Times, 1974 July 02
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Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 12
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