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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
Identifier
MS-00693
Abstract
The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14, New York, New York, July 9, 1938
Date
1938-07-09
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York, New York. Typed on a piece of a paper attached to the image: "Floyd Bennett Airport, N.Y. Lieut. Hiram ("Tommy") Thurlow, of the Department of Commerce re-checks Howard Hughes' sleek Lockheed L-14 Super Electra before flight to Paris. 7/9/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes talking with an unidentified woman.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes talking with an unidentified woman.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Thomas A. Slack, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947
Date
1947-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes conferring with Attn. Thomas Slack."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa mid to late 1940s
Date
1946 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing for a photograph.
Image
International Stewards and Caterers Association buffet supper courtesy of Charles "Ed" Dennis, Hotel Astor, New York City, New York: photographic print, 1946 October 08
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes out for dinner, circa 1937
Date
1936 to 1938
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes out at dinner with an unidentified woman.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, Washington, D.C., August 1947
Date
1947-08
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes pictured after Senate hearings in Washington, D.C. in 1947.
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