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Photograph of a crowd watching Howard Hughes boarding an airliner, circa July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Archival Collection
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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 after arriving from his flight around the world, New York, July 13, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Members of the Howard Hughes around-the-world flight: Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; Ed Lund, mechanic; and H. P. Connor, co-navigator, as they rode in the welcoming parade in New York City, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 10
Archival Component
Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft over New York City, July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft over New York City, July 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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