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Photograph of the Flying Boat during its historic test flight, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
The Flying Boat during Howard Hughes historic test flight. Stamped on the back of the photo "Hughes Aircraft Photo" and the date "Nov 2 1947." Los Angeles Harbor, Terminal Island are now known as Long Beach.
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Photograph of construction around the Flying Boat, Long Beach Harbor, California, July 16, 1947
Date
1947-07-16
Archival Collection
Description
Construction around Howard Hughes' Flying Boat at Long Beach Harbor, California. Date stamped on back of photo.
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Photograph of James Howard, Larsen Warren, and Noah Dietrich, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (President and General Manager of North American Aviation), Larsen Warren, and Noah Dietrich seated at a banquet table.
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Photograph of 'Dutch' Kindelberger and others at banquet, circa 1940s - 1950's
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Seated during a banquet, Clifford, James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (President and General Manager of North American Aviation), Larsen Warren, Noah Dietrich (Chief Executive Officer of Howard Hughes Corporation 1925-1957), Bowron, Gorss, maybe Rentzel, ?, and General Ira C. Eaker (Vice President of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft) attending.
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Photograph of General Eaker, Clifford, and Dutch Kindelberger, attending a banquet, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
General Ira C. Eaker (Vice President of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft), Clifford, and James Howard 'Dutch' Kindelberger (President and General Manager of North American Aviation).
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Photograph of Army Air Forces officers, Mitchell Field, New York, circa 1940s - 1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Two unidentified men in the Army Air Forces at the Mosaic Department, 8th Photo Section, in Mitchell Field New York." The photo has the identification 19829 A. C. in the bottom right corner.
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Photograph of Army Air Force officer viewing aerial photographs, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An Army Air Force Compilation Technician at work transferring the pertinent terrain information from the Recto-Blique to the chart. The photograph is labeled C-23471 A. C.
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Photograph of worker in Hughes Machine Shop, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes Laboratory machine shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool and joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for the Research, Product and Metallurgical Engineering departments. This includes building new designs, new mechanisms and new devices for preliminary testing.
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Photograph of photographer/cameraman filiming on an airplane, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A Photographer/Cameraman filming during the Operation of Akeley A-1A Motion Picture Camera and use of oxygen equipment in a Beechcraft F-2 Airplane. The photograph is labeled 12212 AC in the lower right corner and was taken by the U. S. Army Air Force.
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Photograph of Flight Officer in a plane on D-Day, June 6, 1944
Date
1944-06-06
Archival Collection
Description
The caption reads: "The camera is the eye of the mission." And to see that the eye is in good working order Captain Ursal P. Marshall, 522 South Furth St., Fulton, N. Y., rides along on D-Day. Captain Harvell is Photographic Officer of one of the veteran Liberator Groups which is now commanded by Colonel John H. Gibson of Hinsdale, Illinois. This photograph was taken shortly before reaching the target, in initial wave of heavy bombers on D-Day, June 6, 1944."
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