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Photograph of Howard Hughes checking the Hughes Flying Boat, Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

Date

1947-11-01

Description

Howard Hughes checking the instrument panel of the HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat (400,000 pound, 24,000 horsepower airplane) with his crew before the taxi tests, at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

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The Partridge Club of New York, Inc. opening luncheon, JW Marriott Essex House, New York City, New York: photographic print, 1946 October 07

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

Archival Component

The Partridge Club of New York, Inc. opening luncheon, JW Marriott Essex House, New York City, New York: photographic print, 1946 October 07

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946

Date

1946-06-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."

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Photograph of people in Boulder City Hotel, Boulder City (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

People lounging in the redone Boulder City Hotel, Boulder City, 1970s.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes walking with several men in France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes when he arrived in Paris on first leg of his round the world flight."

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Report: "The Thoroughbred Racing Industry in New York State: A Policy Paper" by the New York City Off-track Betting Corporation, 1978

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 165

Archival Component

Photograph of people in the Boulder City Hotel, Boulder City (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Group of people drinking in the remodeled Boulder City Hotel, Boulder City, 1970s.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, October 03, 1947

Date

1947-10-03

Description

Description given with photo: "Pepper Sees Hughes Plane, Los Angeles, Calif.: Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper (left) dropped into Los Angeles October 3, for a neck-cranning look at the 200-ton HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat. Pepper praised Howard Hughes (right), "for conceiving and constructing this great thing." Two of the plane's eight engines can be seen above the Senator's Head. Credit (ACME) 10/04/47."

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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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