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Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937
Date
1937-01
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes alighting from his plane at Newark Airport after establishing a new transcontinental record.
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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
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Collection Number: MS-00348
Collection Name: Ardis Kearns Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16
Collection Name: Ardis Kearns Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16
Archival Component
Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennnett Airport, New York, July 9, 1938
Date
1938-07-09
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Readying Hughes' plane for Paris flight. New York City-- Mechanics hastened to put Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane in shape for a flight from Floyd Bennett Airport here, to Paris. Motor trouble forced postponement and helpers were working under injunction to have the ship ready for a takeoff, July 9, "at the earliest possible moment." Photo shows: the plane being pulled out of the hangar by a truck. Credit Line (ACME) 7/9/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with the H-1 Racer, circa 1935-1937
Date
1935 to 1937
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes, holding a pilot's helmet, is seen standing beside the H-1 Racer. The plane's registration number, NR 258Y, is painted on its rudder.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (center) standing beside two unidentidied men in a building possibly located in Texas.
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Photograph of a parade for Howard Hughes presumably in Texas, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the procession of a parade thrown for Howard Hughes possibly in Texas.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, October 03, 1947
Date
1947-10-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Pepper Sees Hughes Plane, Los Angeles, Calif.: Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper (left) dropped into Los Angeles October 3, for a neck-cranning look at the 200-ton HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat. Pepper praised Howard Hughes (right), "for conceiving and constructing this great thing." Two of the plane's eight engines can be seen above the Senator's Head. Credit (ACME) 10/04/47."
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Kenneth Hughes on the Pahrump Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1937
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family. Kenneth Hughes wearing a new hat and vest purchased by his father. Model-T Ford in background belonged to a man named Red Hennis, who worked on the ranch.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (second from right) posing with other unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing on stage, Chicago, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes standing on a stage with other unidentified men and women in front of a crowd in Chicago.
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