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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa 1950s
Description Portrait of Howard Hughes.
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Title Photograph of a replica of the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1,...
Description A trophy modeled for display after the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1. The drill bit was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded.
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Title Photograph of an employee testing Hughes Tool Company drill bits, 1950s
Description Transcribed from attachment to photo: ""TOUGH TEST - A hard formation drilling test is begun in the big laboratory at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, where any drilling condition found anywhere in the world can be duplicated. Here, where...
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Title Photograph of a F-106 plane, circa 1959-1972
Description View of a F-106 aircraft, in which Hughes had supplied the original armaments packages, MA-1 with linking SAGE for GCI.
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Title Aerial photograph of one of Hughes' airfields, possibly in Culver City, California, circa 1940s-1950s
Description Aerial view of an unidentified airfield owned by Howard Hughes, possibly in Culver City before it became more developed.
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Title Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s
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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Title Photograph of the interior of an airplane hangar in the Hughes Helicopters Division, Culver City,...
Description The inside of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation in Culver City, California in the late 1950s.
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Title Photograph of the interior of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa...
Description A view of the inside of an airplane hangar at the Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation in Culver City, California in the late 1950s.
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Title Aerial view of Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation, Culver City, California, circa late 1950s
Description Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation in Culver City, California.
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Title Photograph of John D. Home, Howard Hughes, and Edward Underwood, circa late 1950s
Description Standing from left to right are John D. Home (Department of Communications of the American Legion), Howard Hughes (Managing Director of Production of RKO), and Edward Underwood (Department of Communications of Hollywood American Legion Motion Picture Post #43), in the...
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes and film reels, circa 1950s
Description Howard Hughes sits at a desk surrounded by film reels and film equipment.
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Title Portrait photograph of Howard Hughes, after the XF-11 accident, circa 1947-1950s
Description A portrait of Howard Hughes
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man, circa 1950s
Description Howard Hughes and an unidentified man.
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Title Photograph of interior of an Army Air Forces airplance, circa 1940s-1950s
Description The interior of a plane that was being used by the Army Air Forces to take aerial photographs. The photo has the identification F-23471 A. C. in the bottom right corner.
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Title Photograph of Army Air Force officer viewing aerial photographs, circa 1940s-1950s
Description An unidentified Army Air Force personnel viewing pictures through a stereoscope. The photograph is labeled 23471 A. C. in the bottom right corner.
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Title Photograph of Army Air Forces officers, Mitchell Field, New York, circa 1940s - 1950s
Description Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Two unidentified men in the Army Air Forces at the Mosaic Department, 8th Photo Section, in Mitchell Field New York." The photo has the identification 19829 A. C. in the bottom right corner.
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Title Photograph of Army Air Force officer viewing aerial photographs, circa 1940s-1950s
Description An Army Air Force Compilation Technician at work transferring the pertinent terrain information from the Recto-Blique to the chart. The photograph is labeled C-23471 A. C.
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Title Photograph of radar testing at the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1959
Description Engineers test radar equipment at the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1959.
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Title Photograph of a man working on rock bit drilling pieces at the Hughes Tool...
Description A man working on Hughes rock bit drilling pieces at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston.
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Title Photograph of a man working on rock bit drilling pieces at the Hughes Tool...
Description Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT PRODUCTION more than 500,000 rock bits produced last year by the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, for drilling the kind of deep wells which now produce 90 per cent of the...
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Title Photograph of men working in the Hughes Tool Co. factory, Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description Men working on Hughes rock drilling bit piece #5411-482 at the Hughes Tool company in Houston, Texas.
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Title Photograph of Ira C. Eaker giving out an award, circa 1940s-1950s
Description General Ira C. Eaker, the Vice President of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft, giving an unidentified man an award.
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Title Photograph of a drill bit at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description Transcribed from attached press release: "LITTLE BIT Only an inch and a quarter in diameter, this "microbit" enables engineers at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, to estimate the performance of full-size bits for the oil drilling industry. ...
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Title Photograph of a man working at the Hughs Tool co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description A man working at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston.
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Title Photograph of the Hughes Tool Co. Drilling Laboratory, Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description Transcribed from attached press release: "DRILLING LABORATORY The fundamental purpose of all Hughes rock bit research is to improve bit performance. In attaining this improvement it is necessary to balance design with the application of correct metallurgical materials...
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Title Photograph of the interior of Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description Transcribed from attached press release: HUGHES TOOL COMPANY Cornerstone of the industrial empire of Howard Hughes is the Hughes Tool Company of Houston, Texas, which last year produced more than half a million rock bits for drilling the kind...
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Title Photograph of men inspecting drill bits at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description Men inspecting drill bits at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston.
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Title Photograph of a man working at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s
Description Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard...
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Title Photograph of a jet plane designed by Howard Hughes, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A plane, designed by Howard Hughes, parked on a field with a group of people in the foreground. The plane is numbered, CF-EJO-X, and it is an Avro Canada Jetline.
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Title Photograph of a worker at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Description Press release attached to back of photo: "A roughneck fits a new Hughes Jet bit into the drill collar preparatory to running the drill stem into the hold. In 1953 more than 500,000 rock bits produced by the Hughes...
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Title Photograph of General Eaker, Clifford, and Dutch Kindelberger, attending a banquet, circa 1940s-1950s
Description General Ira C. Eaker (Vice President of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft), Clifford, and James Howard 'Dutch' Kindelberger (President and General Manager of North American Aviation).
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Title Photograph of people and press atttending a banquet, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A group of people attending an unidentified banquet, two press tables present at the left and right of the foreground.
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Title Photograph of aerial photographic map viewed by Lt Marvin R. Williams and Sgt. Erickson, circa...
Description Sergeant Stanley R. Erickson puts together an aerial photographic map while Lieutenant Marvin R. Williams of Sligo, Pennsylvania looks on. Sergeant Erickson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Erickson of 1922 Bernice Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Erickson...
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Title Photograph of photographer/cameraman filiming on an airplane, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A Photographer/Cameraman filming during the Operation of Akeley A-1A Motion Picture Camera and use of oxygen equipment in a Beechcraft F-2 Airplane. The photograph is labeled 12212 AC in the lower right corner and was taken by the U....
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Title Photgraph of people attending an unidentified banquet, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A group of people attending an unidentified banquet, including reporters.
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Title Photograph of 'Dutch' Kindelberger and others at banquet, circa 1940s - 1950's
Description Seated during a banquet, Clifford, James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (President and General Manager of North American Aviation), Larsen Warren, Noah Dietrich (Chief Executive Officer of Howard Hughes Corporation 1925-1957), Bowron, Gorss, maybe Rentzel, ?, and General Ira C. Eaker (Vice...
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Title Portrait photograph of Hughes Tool Company Executive Noah Dietrich, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A portrait photograph of Noah Dietrich, Chief Executive Officer of the Howard Hughes Corporation from 1925-1957.
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Title Photograph of worker in Hughes Machine Shop, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Description The Hughes Laboratory machine shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool and joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to...
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Title Photograph of Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Description Men and women in the Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop are devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop...
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Title Photograph of people attending an unidentified banquet, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A group of people at an unidentified banquet, at far right, Larsen Warren (black frame glasses) is partially visible.
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Title Photograph of Hughes Tool Company Derrick, Houston Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Description Transcribed from press release: "HUGHES TEST DERRICK This 118-foot field-size oil derrick tower above a block-long laboratory in Houston, Texas, where the Hughes Tool Company simulates every drilling condition in the world in order to produce tough, long-lasting drill bits...
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Title Photograph of people attending an unidentified banquet, circa 1940s-1950s
Description A group of people atending an unidentified banquet.
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Title Photograph of employee in Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
Description The Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture...
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes with three unidentified men circa late 1940s/early 1950s
Description Howard Hughes shaking hands with a group of men circa late 1940s/early 1950s.
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes standing next to an airplane circa 1940s/1950s
Description A portrait of Howard Hughes standing next to an airplane circa 1940s/1950s. Stamped on back of photo: "Hughes Aircraft Photo."
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Title Photograph of electronic equipment testing at Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1959
Description Technicians working with large pieces of electronic equipment.
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Title Conceptual drawing of Mobots, 1959
Description Artist's conception of futuristic undersea Mobots, remote controlled handling devices envisioned by Hughes Aircraft scientists in 1959.
 

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