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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943

Date

1943

Description

A close up view of a propeller on Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 at Lake Mead, circa 1943

Date

1943

Description

A close up view of the side of Howard Hughes's Sikorsky S-43 on the shore of Lake Mead after being retrieved from the water.

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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat fuselage, Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat at Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Photograph of people at Hughes West Terminal, Las Vegas, 1972

Date

1972

Description

Description provided with image: "Customs operation set up at Hughes West Terminal, Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1968. Las Vegas was designated as an International Port of Entry in 1972. At the time this operation was set up Scandinavian Airlines brought delegates from 128 foreign countries to Las Vegas for the American Mining Congress."

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Photograph of Wilbur Clark with Patrice, Sylvia Harris, and Valda Boyne Esau at New York airport, June 1958

Date

1958-06

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of Wilbur Clark with (L-R): Patrice, Sylvia Harris, and Valda Boyne Esau in the New York City airport.

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Film transparency of Boulder City Visitors Bureau, Boulder City, Nevada, 1969

Date

1969

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada. Cars are parked at the cross section of Nevada Way (going north to south) and Arizona Street (going east to west). Also visible is the Visitors Bureau. Signs mounted atop the building advertise other goods and services that the bureau provides, such as a pharmacy and a bank.

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Photograph of a crowd greeting Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of a crowd of people gathering to greet Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "17. Rail birds, part of crowd that waited all nite. International news. (Evening Herald)."

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Photograph of of the Culver City Boy Scouts in Boulder City, Nevada, 1935

Date

1935

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the Culver City Boy Scouts with Police Chief Truschel in Boulder City. Transcribed from bottom border of image: "Copr. 1935, Paramount Productions, Inc. Permission granted for Newspaper and Magazine reproductions. (Made in U.S.A.)."

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Photograph of the interior of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31, 1947

Date

1947-10-31

Description

Men working inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo: "Inside the Boat: Shown in a view looking toward the tail of the Hughes Flying Boat, the man is dwarfed by the giant interior of the airplane."

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Photograph of a jet plane designed by Howard Hughes, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A plane, designed by Howard Hughes, parked on a field with a group of people in the foreground. The plane is numbered, CF-EJO-X, and it is an Avro Canada Jetline.

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