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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.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
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Photograph of Alexander Troyanovsky and Howard Hughes at the Moscow Airdrome, Russia, July 12, 1938
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Photograph of a diagram of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane, July, 11, 1938
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New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia welcoming Howard Hughes and his four-man crew after around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after hearing, Culver City, California, August 15, 1947
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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees welcoming Howard Hughes, Houston, Texas, July 30, 1938
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Howard Hughes supervises construction of the Hughes D-2 at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1943
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
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