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Mechanics with Lockheed 14, New York, 1938 July 10

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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 05

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Lockheed 14 in a hangar in New York, 1938 July 09

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05

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Photograph of engine parts of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, 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 Tool Co. Drilling Laboratory, Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "DRILLING LABORATORY The fundamental purpose of all Hughes rock bit research is to improve bit performance. In attaining this improvement it is necessary to balance design with the application of correct metallurgical materials and manufacturing methods. The preliminary proving ground is the Drilling laboratory housed in the main Laboratory building. Its field-size drilling rig, with 118 ft. derrick, was especially designed to test rock bits in a manner simulating oilfield drilling conditions."

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Photograph of men inspecting drill bits at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Men inspecting drill bits at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston.

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Photograph of construction on the new MGM, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1994

Date

1994

Description

Construction of the new MGM, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1994.

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Photograph of a new grade school, Tonopah (Nev.), October 1982

Date

1982-10

Description

New grade school in Tonopah, Nevada, October 1982.

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Hughes Aircraft Operations (HAO) "Flight Test Customer Briefings", 1996

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File

Archival Collection

Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
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Collection Number: MS-01146
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC) "Approved Materials and Processes" manuals, 1980

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File

Archival Collection

Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
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Collection Number: MS-01146
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Meeting notes, of the executive committee, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1987-1990

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File

Archival Collection

D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
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Collection Number: MS-00581
Collection Name: D. Kenneth Richardson Papers on the Hughes Aircraft Company
Box/Folder: Box 02

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