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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
Date
1947-08-16
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Senator Visits Hughes, Culver City, Calif.; Senator Harry P. Cain (R. Wash.) (left), member of a Senate Subcommittee investigating Howard Hughes' war contracts, chats with Hughes (right) beside his controversial XF-11 photo-reconnaissance plane just before the millionaire plane maker took off for a test flight from his private Culver City Airport today (8/16). Credit (ACME) 8/16/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Poised For Trial Run, San Pedro, Calif.: Two engineers are dwarfed by the four right wing engines of Howard Hughes' mammoth plywood flying boat as the 200-tom craft is readied for taxi tests in Los Angeles harbor on November 1st. While completing taxi runs on the following day, Hughes casually lifted the big plane into the air for an unscheduled half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."
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Aerial photograph of Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the main office and plant of the Hughes Tool Company, in Houston, Texas.
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Fourth of July menu, The Windsor, 1896 July 04
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00793
Collection Name: Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 10
Collection Name: Bohn-Bettoni Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 10
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes giving a news conference, New York, April, 1947
Date
1947-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes speaks into two microphones as he gives a news conference beside the Douglas DC-3, after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal crash of the first XF-11. A number of officials and onlookers stand nearby.
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Photograph of Dyer, Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
An automobile and unidentified building (possibly a church or schoolhouse) in the town of Dyer, Fish Lake Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
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Photograph of the Lost City site, near Overton, Nevada, 1938-1939
Date
1938 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Circles formed of rocks and stones are seen outside a brick building at the Lost City site (or Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada.
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Film negative showing men on a boat on Lake Mead, January 1938
Date
1938-01
Archival Collection
Description
A shot of two unidentified men on a boat on Lake Mead; Jack Buecrud, aqua plane rider, is possibly pictured.
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Film negative showing men on a boat on Lake Mead, January 1938
Date
1938-01
Archival Collection
Description
A shot of two unidentified men on a boat on Lake Mead; Jack Buecrud, aqua plane rider, is possibly pictured.
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Film negative showing a boat on Lake Mead, circa January 1938
Date
1938-01
Archival Collection
Description
A shot of a boat on Lake Mead; Jack Buecrud, aqua plane rider, is possibly on board.
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