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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943

Date

1942 to 1944

Description

A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943

Date

1942 to 1944

Description

A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943

Date

1942 to 1944

Description

A view of a crowd of people gathering around the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.

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Photographs of Howard Hughes in a film editing lab, circa late 1940s to early 1950s

Date

1946 to 1953

Description

Howard Hughes sits in a chair in front of a film editing desk. Behind the desk are shelves holding various reels of film. A film editing machine is seen on the desk.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Walter Huston on the set of The Outlaw, Hollywood, circa 1941

Date

1940 to 1941

Description

Howard Hughes (holding script) talks with actor Walter Huston (sitting, at the left) on the set of the motion picture "The Outlaw."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Northrop Gamma Racer, January 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Men positioning aircraft.

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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat en route to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat en route to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat fuselage in transport, California, circa June 1945

Date

1945-06

Description

Fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being transported from a hangar by truck. The moving truck and rig have signs from Star House Movers, Inc., of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. Groups of people stand by to watch.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes speaking to the press, Los Angeles, August 03, 1947

Date

1947-08-03

Description

Description given with photo: "Man of the Hour, Los Angeles: Howard Hughes, for whom a subpoena was issued calling for his (?) appearance is Washington, is shown immediate candid shots as he spoke to newsmen. Three wealthy plane manufacturer said he has already put $7,000,000 of his own money into the still unflown 200-ton flying boat which is currently being investigated by a senate subcommittee, and would put in much more before construction is completed. Credit (ACME) 8/3/47."

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