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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938
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Howard Hughes being escorted by police in a hangar located at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles, 1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the first XF-11, Culver City, California, 1946
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Archival Collection
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Pasadena, California - City of Pasadena (Municipal Light and Power Dept.), 1938-1944
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
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Hoover Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre on Arizona Street in Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1936-1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Howard Hughes, California Governor Frank Merriam, and Will Hays at a banquet held for Howard Hughes in the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, 1938 August 01
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 16
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Photograph of museum basement corner, Boulder City, (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Aerial photograph of Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s
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Risi, Sue, Hughes Airwest, 1977 March 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 06
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