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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

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A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

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A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1947

Date

1947

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Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection

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A view of Howard Hughes preparing to fly the Air Force test plane.

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Pearl Hughes oral history interview

OH-00907

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Oral history interview with Pearl Hughes conducted by Katherine D. Beal on February 11, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Hughes discusses her family's early arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salinas, California. Her family then bought and operated a motel in North Las Vegas, Nevada between the late 1940s to 1950. Hughes also discusses the growth of the hotel and casino industry, city urban development, community interactions, Las Vegas, Nevada celebrities, atomic testing, and President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

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Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 002

Date

1945

Description

Along with the information is this card entitled "Record Breaker." It reads: "First product of Hughes Aircraft Company was Howard Hughes' uniquely designed H-1. Experts said it was farther ahead of its time than any plane built since the Wright brothers'. In 1935 Hughes flew the H-1 to a world's land plane speed record of 352 mph, many years before any military pursuit planes attained this speed, and in 1937 Hughes flew the H-1 from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours, 28 minutes, a record which stood for eight years. The H-1 was the first plane with a smooth metal surface, leading edge air duct intakes, jet thrust exhaust, bell-shaped cowling, drooping ailerons, and the first to have a power-driven retractable landing gear. -0- "

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