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Photograph of Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Home, Los Angeles, Cal. --- Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw (left to right) as they rode through the crowd-packed streets of Los Angeles during the reception -- one of the greatest and wildest the city had ever seen -- as Hughes and his four daring companions on his World-Flight arrived in the city. Credit Line (ACME). 8/2/38."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lily Pons, Beverly Hills, California, November 8, 1938

Date

1938-11-08

Description

Lily Pons (left) and Howard Hughes (right). Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "Noted flier and his hostess at cocktail party Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, noted flier, with Lily Pons, singing star, as he attended the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LOND PAR."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Glenn E. Odekirk, Glendale, California, July 13, 1938

Date

1938-07-13

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes (right) is shown with co-pilot Glenn E. Odekirk after their one stop flight from Seattle to Glendale."

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Map of territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855

Date

1855

Description

29 x 36 cm. Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. The geographic region of Southwest is referred to as the New Southwest. Original publisher: J.H. Colton .

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Howard Hughes receives congratulations from New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at Floyd Bennett Airport in Brooklyn, New York; also featured is Grover Whalen, 1938 July 12

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 06

Archival Component

Howard Hughes at the Newark Airport, New Jersey, January 1937

Date

1937-01

Description

Howard Hughes being welcomed at Newark Airport.

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Photograph of Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of Howard Hughes (center) with California Governor Frank Merriam (left) and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw in Los Angeles, California.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes examining the damaged tail of his plane after his arrival at the Le Bourget Airfield, Paris, on his world flight. July 1938"

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Howard Hughes in New York after making a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask, 1938 August 20

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 17

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Howard Hughes Was Welcomed to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal. -- Mayor Frank L. Shaw of Los Angeles, Howard Hughes, Will Hays, "Czar" of the movies, and Governor Frank Merriam of California (left to right) are pictured at the luncheon in the Biltmore Hotel which followed the wild ovation for Hughes and his four companions on his record-smashing world flight as they arrived in Los Angeles from their triumph from the East. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38"

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