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Aerial photograph of Hughes' flying boat docked at harbor, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Howard Hughes' flying boat docked near the waters of Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 16, 1947. "Hughes Aircraft" stamped on the back of the image.

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Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948

Date

1948-08-23

Archival Collection

Description

Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.

Text

Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1 was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded. The bit was invented by Howard Hughes' father.

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Summey, Barbara, Hughes Aviation, 1976 February 06

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 42

Archival Component

Hughes Airport glass shop, 1974 May 02

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 50

Archival Component

Hughes Airport Shops advertising, 1974 April 02

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 50

Archival Component

Aviation. Hughes Airport. Contains mailgram, 1979 September

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (96th Session)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes testifying before the Senate War Investigating Committee, Washington D.C., August 6, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Howard Hughes speaks into a microphone as he testifies before the Senate War Investigating Committee, August 6, 1947, in Washington, D.C.

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Photograph of crowds for Howard Hughes outside of City Hall, New York City, July 15, 1938

Date

1938-07-15

Description

The black and white view of a crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes' completion of his Round the World flight in New York City, New York.

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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat leaving its Culver City hangar, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "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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