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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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The Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection depicts the activities of businessman Howard Hughes from 1930 to 1950. The photographs primarily depict aircraft flown by Hughes or designed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, including the XF-11 reconnaissance plane, the HK-1 Hercules (or "Spruce Goose"), and the Hughes H-1 Racer. The photographs also depict celebrations following Hughes's circumnavigation flight in New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois in 1938. Lastly, the photographs include Hughes testifying in front of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program in 1947.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of a Lockheed-14 plane, New York, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, William Powell, Veronica Lake, and Andr? Toth at the 21 Club, New York City, February 17, 1946
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Boulder City Citizens Utilities Company, 1938
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88
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Photograph of Howard in Washington, D. C., July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Aerial photograph of the Hughes Aircraft plant, Culver City, California, circa 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Correspondence regarding use of Howard Hughes' name for advertising, 1938 August 04 to 1938 November 25
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 520 (Restrictions apply)
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Lost City and Lake Mead, 1938-1939
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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