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Howard Cannon and test pilot W. F. Ross in the McDonnell F-110, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia: photographic print

Date

1967-03-11

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). 1962. Stamped on verso: "Official Air Force Photo." Stamped on verso: "Base Photographic Laboratory - Langley Air Force Base, Virginia" Howard Cannon makes final adjustments to his oxygen mask prior to his take-off in the McDonnell F-110.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

A view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Grover Whalen greets Hughes. New York City-- His face covered by stubble and still wearing his battered hat, Howard Hughes is taken in tow by Grover Whalen, World's Fair head, shortly after Hughes and his companions set their plane down at Floyd Bennett Airport here, completing their dramatic dash around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"

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Photograph of Lily Pons, Howard Hughes, and Errol Flynn, Beverly Hills, California, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes sitting in between party attendees Lily Pons (left) and Errol Flynn (right) at a dining table located in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "At cocktail party given by singing star Los Angeles, Cal. -- Lily Pons, singing star; Howard Hughes, noted flier, and Errol Flynn (left to right) at the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LON PAR."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes leaving the Northrop Gamma Racer, Newark, New Jersey, January 13, 1936

Date

1936-01-13

Description

Howard Hughes leaving the cockpit of a Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at Newark New Jersey Airport. Hughes set a coast-to-coast speed record. A bank of microphones and a movie camera are seen beside the plane.

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Photograph of a diagram of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane, July, 11, 1938

Date

1938-07-11

Description

A diagram of Hughes' record-making Lockheed Plane. Typed on a piece of paper included with the image:"Pictured above is a diagram showing the construction and the special features of the Lockheed 14 monoplane in which Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four made their record flight from New York City to Paris, France, on their dash around the world. Credit line (Aero Digest from ACME) 7/11/1938."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Culver City, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Description given with photograph: "Fuselage of Hughes' Hercules Leaves Hangar, Culver City, Calif - Cautiously moving down the field on dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant hangar, the 200-foot hull-fuselage of Howard Hughes' Hercules is made ready for the 28-mile trip to Terminal Island, Calif., where the air giant will be assembled. NY 80 Credit Line (ACME) 6/16/46."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Flying Boat at Terminal Island. (Inside fuselage to the rear taken from forward section) Long Beach, Cal."

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Howard Cannon and his wife Dorothy Cannon attend a children's art exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.: photographic print

Date

1967-09

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "'Pallned Photography' Finnigan & Associates 860 Maryland Ave., H. E. Washington, D. C. 20003". Stamped on verso: "John F. Kennedy Center 726 Jackson Place, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20566"

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