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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 a banquet for Howard Hughes, Texas, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes's plane taking off, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
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Howard Hughes and S. P. Brown examining the new Hughes rock bit head at the Hughes Tool Company plant, 1938 July 30
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1935-1946
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in profile, circa 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1940s - 1950s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa early 1940s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew in Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938
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