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Lockheed 14 taking off, 1938 July 10

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 05

Archival Component

Foulsham's Original Old Moore's Almanack for 1938. London: W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., 1938

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 31

Archival Component

Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew exiting the Lockheed 14 aircraft after they performed the final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Crowds jammed on field around Hughes' plane New York City-- Police holding back part of the wildly cheering crowd of 30,000 persons from the plane of Howard Hughes after Hughes and his crew of four had landed the faint Lockheed at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, after the record-smashing 3 day, 19 hour, 14 minute flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in France, July 11, 1938

Date

1938-07-11

Description

The Lockheed 14 aircraft in France. Text printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes as he landed in Paris on the first leg of his round-the-world flight."

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Photograph of Howard R. Stocker, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Archival Collection

Description

A portrait of Howard R. Stocker, Oscar Stocker's younger brother. The inscription reads "Howard Stocker died on Sunday January 15, 61 [1961]." Howard Raymond Stocker was born December 19, 1884. He was a graduate of Lehigh University, class of 1906.

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Photograph of a plane, Boulder City (Nev.), December 22, 1938

Date

1938-12-22

Description

The photograph taken by Cliff Segerblom of a T.W.A. Mainliner at the new depot in Boulder Canyon, Nevada in December 22, 1938.

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Jack Howard interview, February 27, 1977: transcript

Date

1977-02-27

Description

From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas collection OH-00897. On February 27, 1977, collector Michael K. Ericksen interviewed his uncle, schoolteacher, Jack E. Howard, (born June 18th, 1920 in Dewey, Oklahoma) in his home in Overton, Nevada. This interview covers Mr. Howard’s personal experiences and recollections about Southern Nevada. Mr. Howard’s wife, Mrs. Helen Howard, is also present during this interview, which offers a thirty year local overview.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1937

Date

1937

Description

A portrait of Howard Hughes posing in front of two flags.

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Photograph of spectators around the Lockheed 14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, October 7, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Spectators gathered around the Lockheed 14 at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, to watch Howard Hughes take off, October 1938.

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Photograph of dwelling at Lost City, 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

A restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away.

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