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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Chicago, July 1938
Date
1938-07
Archival Collection
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Edward J. Kelly Mayor of Chicago (left) and Howard Hughes in Chicago."
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Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of motorcycle police awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Motorcycle police on hand for Hughes' landing, New York city -- Motorcycle policemen lined up on Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to help keep in check the crowd of 30,000 persons that gathered to greet Howard Hughes and his heroic crew as they landed their giant Lockheed plain after their record-smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME). 7/14/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 21, 1938
Date
1938-07-21
Archival Collection
Description
Interior view of a car transporting Howard Hughes and two unidentified men.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crew posing for photographs outside of City Hall, New York City, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Contemplative smile. Here, Howard Hughes seems in rapt thought during one of the numerous speeches extolling his feat. Probably thinking of the "men who designed and perfected to its present remarkable state of efficiency, the modern American flying machine and equipment." (The quote is from his own official statement to the press.) Credit Lines (ACME) 7/15/38."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of a Lockheed-14 plane, New York, July 10, 1938
Date
1938-07-10
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes in cockpit of Lockheed-14 before take-off from Floyd Bennet Field in New York.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Hughes Tool Company employees, July 30, 1938
Date
1938-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes with a group of people from the Hughes Tool Company in July 1938.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in Wichita, Kansas, July 4, 1938
Date
1938-07-04
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes after landing at Wichita, Kansas on the first part of a flight to New York.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew being surrounded by crowds as they exit the Lockheed 14 aircraft after finishing the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York.
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Photograph of a crowd awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. This final landing for Hughes marked the end of his Round The World flight.
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