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Aerial photograph of Hughes' flying boat, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947
Date
1947-07-16
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 16, 1947.
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Raymond A. Cook, Mortimer Caplin, R. J. Cordiner, and Howard Hughes letters arguing against a claim deeming HHMI's assets as excessive, 1954 July 15 to 1956 March 26
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 551 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 551 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Newspaper clipping, bound volume, Howard Hughes and Caddo Company films, Billie Dove, and Jean Harlow; Book VI, 1931 July 14 to 1932 September 29
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 099 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 099 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Los Angeles Harbor, June 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
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Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Date
1947-11-02
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it "felt so good" on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water on the third and final run, which is shown in the photo.
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Photograph of Howard R. Stocker, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1909
Archival Collection
Description
A portrait of Howard R. Stocker, Oscar Stocker's younger brother. Howard Raymond Stocker was born December 19, 1884. He was a graduate of Lehigh University, class of 1906. Imprint on photograph mat reads "Hafen, Reading, Pa."
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Photograph of crowd witnessing the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946
Date
1946-06-16
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. Notice workers raising the power lines so the fuselage could pass underneath.
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Jesse Pearl Howard Johnson Manor, Nancy Howard Copley, Ollie Howard Lohr, and Mary Josephine Baxter Howard, Oregon, approximately 1906
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00056
Collection Name: Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, California, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
The Hughes Aircraft HK-1 "Flying Boat" floating in Los Angeles Harbor.
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Howard Cannon pictured with four unidentified people: photographic print
Date
1971-03-09
Archival Collection
Description
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)
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