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Photograph of Howard Hughes' plane at Floyd Bennet Airfield, New York, August 20, 1938
Date
1938-08-20
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Hughes sets new transcontinental transport mark. Floyd Bennet Field, NY--- Howard Hughes, millionaire flier, setting his famous round-the-world transport plane down here, early August 20th, after a record-smashing flight from Los Angeles. Hughes and three companions completed the trip in 10 hours 32 minutes and 20 seconds, shattering the record of 11 hours and five minutes set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson. The flight was made most of the way in the substratosphere at an average altitude of 17, 000 feet. Credit Line ACME."
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Herbert F. York oral history interview, 2004 July 18
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00818
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Archival Component
Herbert F. York oral history interview, 2004 July 22
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00818
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Archival Component
New York-New York Hotel & Casino: first floor interior load requirements, 1995 July
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Donna Silva Lighting Design Plans
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Collection Number: MS-01151
Collection Name: Donna Silva Lighting Design Plans
Box/Folder: Roll 13
Collection Name: Donna Silva Lighting Design Plans
Box/Folder: Roll 13
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and employees at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (second from right) and employees, visiting Hughes Tool Company in Houston Texas in 1938.
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Pasadena, California - City of Pasadena (Municipal Light and Power Dept.), 1938-1944
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
Archival Component
Hoover Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre on Arizona Street in Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1936-1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the 1939 New York World's Fair by Grover Whalen, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Photograph of museum basement corner, Boulder City, (Nev.), January 10, 1938
Date
1938-01-10
Archival Collection
Description
East corner of basement in Boulder City Museum.
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view from above of the Lockheed 14 aircraft after arriving in Minneapolis. The aircraft is preparing for a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight.
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