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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

A view of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being prepared for a test run in Long Beach, California.

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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, California, November 2, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Hughes Flying Boat hovering over the water of Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2, 1947. The Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor.

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Aerial photograph of the Hughes' Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, November, 2, 1947

Date

1947

Description

The Hughes Aircraft "Flying Boat" floating in Los Angeles Harbor with several other boats and ships.

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Postcard of Boulder City Park, Boulder City (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

An illustrated postcard of a park in Boulder City. Text on the top reads: "Park scene in Boulder City, Nevada."

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Description of the Hughes Aircraft Co. campus in Culver City, California and a brief history of the Company prepared by the Los Angeles Conservancy for a tour of the remains of the company building, 2011 March 20

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Aircraft Company Weapons System Publications
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01119
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Company Weapons System Publications
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

On Insensitives in Urban Redistricting and Facility Location by Richard C. Larson and Keith A. Stevenson, the New York City Rand Institute, 1971 March

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Ardis Kearns Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00348
Collection Name: Ardis Kearns Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16

Archival Component

Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company office building, Houston, Texas, 1922

Date

1922

Description

This was the administration building for the Hughes Tool Company at the Hughes plant on Polk Avenue in Houston, Texas, 1922. The building was constructed during the winter of 1917-1918. Hughes' office was on the lower right-side of the building.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947

Date

1947-11-01

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and others inspecting the construction of the Spruce Goose in San Pedro, California. From left to right, the men include: Wressey C. Cocue, Homer (Dave) Roe, Dave Graig, Dave Kuans, Glenn Odeuiru, Howard Hughes, Jack Jerman, Rea Hopper, Carl Baggerger, Bill Benny, Warren Reed, and Joseph Petrali.

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Photograph of employee in Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

The Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for Research, Product and Metallurgical Engineering division. This includes building new designs, new mechanisms and new devices for preliminary testing.

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Photograph of a section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to the Los Angeles Harbor, June 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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