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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A close up view of Howard Hughes alighting from his plane, possibly in Floyd Bennet Airfield in 1938.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes standing with an unidentified man after the landing of Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and other exiting the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and other exiting the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1944
Date
1943 to 1945
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and other exiting the Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane after the aircraft landed.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes standing with an unidentified man after the landing of Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes standing with an unidentified man after the landing of Trans World Atlantic (TWA) transcontinental plane.
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Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 001
Date
1945
Description
Top view of the Hughes H-1 Racer with an X painted over its R registration number on its starboard wing. The registration number NX 258Y is seen on the rudder.
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Photograph of the construction of Howard Hughes' Hercules, June 12, 1946
Date
1946-06-12
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Chicago, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Edward J. Kelly Mayor of Chicago (left) and Howard Hughes in Chicago."
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