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Photograph of the new store, Las Vegas, 1956
Date
1956
Archival Collection
Description
New store "Ed Von Tobel Lumber Company" at 217 So. 1st Street. (1956)
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Hughes Hotels "Spring Spree" promotion records
Date
1972
Archival Collection
Description
Series XVII. Hotel and Casino Promotional Events
Mixed Content
Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947
Date
1947-05-12
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
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Photograph of the landing of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "A scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing A Round the World flight..... 7-14-38 (Press Association)."
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New Year's Eve Party: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified individuals laugh and celebrate during a New Year's Eve party at an unknown location.
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Photograph of Hughes' Flying Boat on a test run, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947
Date
1947-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes conducting a test run of his Flying Boat in San Pedro, California.
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Photograph of Alexander Troyanovsky and Howard Hughes at the Moscow Airdrome, Russia, July 12, 1938
Date
1938-07-12
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: Alexander Troyanovsky (Soviet Ambassador to the U.S.) and Howard Hughes at the Moscow Airdrome, Moscow, Russia, July 12, 1938. Original item may indicate alternate date: 7/2/38.
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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat fuselage, in transit to Terminal Island, California, June 14, 1946
Date
1946-06-14
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 14, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." 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 a man working at the Hughs Tool co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A man working at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston.
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