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Nighttime view of Atlantic City, New Jersey: postcard
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367)
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Aerial photograph of Hughes' flying boat, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947
Date
1947-07-16
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 16, 1947.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on back of photograph: "World-fame drops on City out of blue, sunny skies: Fame came to the municipal airport and the city of Minneapolis in a flash of silver and a roar at 7:38 am, July 14, 1938 when Howard Hughes swooped to Earth in his Droning Silver Bullet on his record breaking round-the-world flight. Photo-courtesy "The Minneapolis Star" Board of Park Commissions. 325 City Hall Minneapolis Minn."
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Howard Hughes standing by the Hughes H-1 Racer at the Newark, New Jersey airport, 1937 January 19
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 02
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Hughes standing by the Hughes H-1 Racer at the Newark, New Jersey airport, 1937 January 19
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 02
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Hughes standing by the Hughes H-1 Racer at the Newark, New Jersey airport, 1937 January 19
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 02
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Howard Hughes standing by the Hughes H-1 Racer at the Newark, New Jersey airport, 1937 January 19
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 02
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Photograph of the XF-11 as it is about to take off for its first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14 in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes after disembarking the Lockheed 14 aircraft.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others with the XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane, with others (from left to right): Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson from Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, Pilot; possibly Chal Bowen, Flight Engineer/Co-pilot, and an unidentified man, on October 23, 1952.
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