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| Title | Description | ||
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| 1 | Aerial view of Hughes Aircraft plant | Aerial view of the Hughes Aircraft Culver City plant. | |
| 2 | Aerial view of Spring Mountain Ranch | Overhead shot of the ranch house and pool at Spring Mountain Ranch, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The property was purchased by Howard Hughes from Vera Krupp as a house for his wife, Jean Peters, who never followed her husband to Las Vegas. | |
| 3 | Air combat scene from Hell's Angels (film) | Air combat scene from the motion picture Hell's Angels. | |
| 4 | Artist's conception of Mobots | Artist's conception of futuristic undersea Mobots -- remote controlled handling devices envisioned by Hughes Aircraft scientists, 1959. | |
| 5 | Blimp advertising The Outlaw (film) | Blimp used to promote the motion picture The Outlaw, produced by Howard Hughes' RKO Productions, Jan. 1950. The blimp is seen in a hangar, with a truck appartus underneath its front. Advertising reads, "The Outlaw. Kept off the screen for 3 years, it's coming at last! Jane Russell." | |
| 6 | Desert Inn Hotel and swimming pool | Daytime photo of the outdoor swimming pool at the rear of the Desert Inn Hotel. Two women in swimsuits are by the pool. The pool is surrounded by artificial turf. The back of the hotel is visible in the distance. | |
| 7 | Dick Hannah at press conference | Dick Hannah, official spokesman for Howard Hughes, talks to the media during a press conference, March 19, 1972, in Los Angeles, Calif. Hannah and two unidentifed media members are seated around a table. A cassette tape recorder, cups, drinking glasses and a pack of cigarettes are seen on the table. | |
| 8 | Dick Hannah at telephone press conference | Dick Hannah, standing at far right, at Howard Hughes telephone press conference in Los Angeles, Calif., March 19, 1972. Hannah stands before a table with various members of the media seated behind microphones. A reel-to-reel tape recorder is seen in the foreground. | |
| 9 | Dick Hannah in his office | Dick Hannah, official spokesman for Howard Hughes, is seen behind his desk in his office. The desktop is covered with papers and a window ledge behind Hannah holds stacks of papers. | |
| 10 | Electronic equipment testing at Hughes Aircraft Corporation | ||
| 11 | First XF-11 at Hughes Airport | XF-11 (2nd test flight) at Hughes Airport, Culver City, Calif., April 4, 1947. | |
| 12 | First XF-11 taking off | ||
| 13 | Flamingo Hotel at sunset | Exterior view of the Flamingo Hotel at sunset, circa 1950s. The illuminated champagne tower, added during the 1953 remodeling, is visible and a marquee advertising Betty Grable and Harry James is seen in the background. A row of automobiles is parked in front of the hotel. | |
| 14 | Flamingo Hotel gaming room entrance | Daytime photo of the exterior of the Flamingo Hotel, showing the canopied gaming room entrance, circa late 1940s-early 1950s. | |
| 15 | Headquarters for Howard Hughes operations | Headquarters and communications center for Howard Hughes operations, 700 Romaine Street, Hollywood, Calif. The art deco style building is on a corner and automobiles are parked around the curb. | |
| 16 | Howard Hughes | After Senate Hearings in Washington, Aug. 1947. | |
| 17 | Howard Hughes after the landing of the second XF-11 | Howard Hughes after the landing of the second XF-11, 1947. An unidentified man is seen behind him. | |
| 18 | Howard Hughes and co-pilot at Flying Boat gauges | Howard Hughes (right) and unidentified co-pilot at the gauge panel of the Hughes Flying Boat, Oct. 31, 1947 | |
| 19 | Howard Hughes and others at Hughes Tool Company | Howard Hughes, N.E. Boehm and an unidentified man examining machinery in the Hughes Tool Company plant, Houston Texas, July 30, 1938. | |
| 20 | Howard Hughes and others studying Flying Boat plans | Howard Hughes (center) studying digrams for the Flying Boat with two unidentified men. |