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Howard Hughes in Aviation, 1986 July 02
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 16
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 16
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes, Bennett Field, New York, July 4, 1938
Date
1938-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified aircraft in a hangar at Bennett Field, New York.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in a parade, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (center sitting up in car) in a parade in Houston, Texas in 1938.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Edmund T. Allen, Seattle, Washington, July 7, 1938
Date
1938-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes walking with several men in France, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
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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Crowd at a parade celebrating the completion of Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
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 11
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Archival Component
Crowd at a parade celebrating the completion of Howard Hughes's around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 11
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes in New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
A view of crowds waiting to see Howard Hughes arrive at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Flight's End - Floyd Bennett Field, N.Y. -- Propellers still whirling, the plane which carried Howard Hughes and four companions on their dramatic Round-The-World flight, taxis to a stop, on a runway there, flanked by an escort of motorcycle policemen. Part of the crowd of 30,000 which was on hand to greet the fliers, may be seen. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in New York, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
A view of crowds waiting to see Howard Hughes arrive at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Plane being towed after record breaking light. 7/14/38. (Daily News)"
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at his parade for Round the World flight, New York City, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Leaving City Hall - 7/15/38. (Daily News)."
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