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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Checking damages of plane on arrival at Le Bourget. Le Bourget-- The thoroughness with which he planned the flight and carried it through was still with Howard Hughes when the millionaire flyer and his four companions arrived at Le Bourget, after a record smashing flight across the Atlantic. Hughes is shown here, examining the tail of his plane, just after landing, The tail was damaged slightly. After repairs were made, the fliers took off for Moscow."

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Postcard of the Museum of Memories, Virginia City (Nev.), January 3, 1938

Date

1938-01-03

Description

Front of the postcard. Museum of Memories Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription says: "Read the "Drama of Comstock". 15 cents a copy."

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Lake Mead approaches Lost City Restorations, 1938

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File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Lake Mead approaches Lost City Restorations, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Lake Mead approaches Lost City Restorations, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Lost City Restorations and rising Lake Mead, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Lake Mead approaches Lost City Restorations, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes after hearing, Culver City, California, August 15, 1947

Date

1947-08-15

Description

Description given with photo: "Tired Hughes Returns Home, Culver City, Cal. : Rubbing his tired eyes, Howard Hughes talks with reporters at an informal press conference at his plant in Culver City after his return flight from Washington. He said the hearings in which he participated were fair, and said the press and public made it "Impossible for Brewster to continue his Gestapo methods". Credit (ACME) 8/15/47."

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Photograph of the Lost City site, near Overton, Nevada, 1938-1939

Date

1938 to 1939

Description

Circles formed of rocks and stones are seen outside a brick building at the Lost City site (or Pueblo Grande de Nevada), near Overton, Nevada.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a press conference beside his Douglas DC-3, New York, April, 1947

Date

1947-04

Description

Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.

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