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Hugh O'Brien and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary at the Sands Hotel: photographs
Date
1960-11
Archival Collection
Description
Series VII. Entertainers
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
Aerial photograph of Hughes Flying Boat ready for tests, Terminal Island, California, October 13, 1946
Date
1946-10-13
Archival Collection
Description
Press Release attached to photo: "HUGHES HERCULES READY FOR TESTS. LONG BEACH, CAL. An aerial view shows Howard Hughes' giant plywood seaplane Hercules ready for taxi tests at Long Beach. The initial flight of the plane, which cost $20,000,000 and will seat 700 persons, will not be attempted until early in 1947. ACME 10/13/46." Los Angeles Harbor, Terminal Island are now known as Long Beach.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes, Frank Merrian and Frank Shaw in a Los Angeles parade, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
From left to right, Governor Frank Merrian, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw riding in a car in a parade on 5th Street in Los Angeles in 1938.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
The view of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade after he completed his Round-The-World flight in New York.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of attendees at the World's Fair in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Press Headquarters at field where Hughes ended flight. New York City-- The Press Headquarters set up under a huge tent at Floyd Bennett Field by the New York World's Fair for the use of newspapermen "covering" the landing of Howard Hughes and his crew after their record-smashing flight around the world. Part of the great throng that welcomed the gallant fliers mills around in front of the tent. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes after completing his Round The World flight, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
Text typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes strutting across a New York hotel lobby after completing a Round The World flight. 7-15-38. (Press Association)."
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of the XF-11 preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947.
Image
Photograph of the fuselage portion of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
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.
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade after he completed his Round-The-World flight in New York.
Image
Photograph of a crowd greeting Howard Hughes at Bennett Field Airport, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of a crowd of people gathering to greet Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "HH-101 NY-101. Here are thousands who greeted Howard Hughes and his crew after completing Round the World Flight at Bennett Field Airport. 7-14-38 (Press Association)."
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