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Howard Hughes's XF-11 near Culver City, California, 1946
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 22
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 22
Archival Component
Howard Hughes's XF-11 near Culver City, California, 1946
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 22
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 22
Archival Component
Photograph Howard Hughes arrival at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 2013
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Just before world fliers landed, Floyd Bennett Airport, N.Y. -- A small army of policemen pictured on the runway here shortly before Howard Hughes and his four companions landed, ending their Round-The-World flight. Note newsreel photographers on the right. In the background is the tent from which Hughes and his fellow fliers spoke to a vast radio audience. Credit line (ACME) 7(3/4)/14/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s - 1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A portrait of Howard Hughes.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa early 1940s
Date
1940 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
Headshot portrait of Howard Hughes in the early 1940s.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End: This airplane view records the end of Howard Hughes' history-making dash around the world in three days, nineteen hours. To the right of the Administration Building at Floyd Bennett Field, Long Island, New York, can be seen the globe-girdling monoplane surrounded by a ring of policemen. The foreground provides an accurate idea of the size of the crowd which stormed the field to welcome home the fliers. Credit Line (ACME)."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, August 17, 1954
Date
1954-08-17
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Howard Hughes, August 17, 1954. This photo was used in the Hughes Aircraft Company's corporate publications.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes, wearing a dark suit.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23, 1952
Date
1952-10-23
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Howard Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Col. Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, pilot; and unidentified pilot in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17 Flying Crane on October 23, 1952. This was one of Hughes' last public appearances.
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