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Title Film transparency of Hughes' Landmark property in Las Vegas, circa 1966-1970
Description Electric sign over the Landmark Hotel porte cochere at night.
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Title Photograph of the Landmark tower with golfers in the foreground, Las Vegas, circa late 1960s
Description View of the Landmark Hotel tower, with golfers in the foreground, in the late 1960s.
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Title Film transparency of Hughes' Landmark property, Las Vegas, circa 1966-1970
Description Landmark Hotel electric sign at night, circa late 1960s.
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Title Photograph of a vintage Buick radio, circa 1940s
Description Close-up view of an old Buick radio in the 1940s.
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes in a film editing lab, circa 1950
Description Howard Hughes sitting in a film editing lab, circa 1950
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes examining machinery at the Hughes Tool Company, 1938
Description Howard Hughes (taller man at left) examining machinery in Hughes Tool Company plant, 1938.
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Title Aerial photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
Description The "Flying Boat" (HK-1) docked at the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947.
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Title Photograph of the Flying Boat taking off from the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947
Description The "Flying Boat" taking off in the Los Angeles Harbor, 1947.
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes and others with a XH-17 helicopter, Culver City, California, October 23,...
Description Howard Hughes (second from left) standing in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17, Flying Crane in October 1952. From left to right: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Howard Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes...
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Title Photograph of the Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Description The Hughes HK-1 or Flying Boat floating in Los Angeles Harbor prior to its first taxi run. A 1940's U.S. Naval ship floats in the background.
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Title Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, California, November 2, 1947
Description Hughes Flying Boat hovering over the water of Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2, 1947. The Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor.
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Title Aerial photograph of the Hughes' Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, November, 2, 1947
Description The Hughes Aircraft "Flying Boat" floating in Los Angeles Harbor with several other boats and ships.
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Title Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, California, 1947
Description The Hughes Aircraft HK-1 "Flying Boat" floating in Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Aerial photograph of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles...
Description Aerial view of Hughes HK-1, Flying Boat. The plane was designed and built by Howard Hughes; it it shown near completion at its graving dock at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo:...
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Title Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island,...
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...
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Title Photograph of the interior of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31,...
Description Men working inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. Transcribed from note on back of photo: "Inside the Boat: Shown in a view looking toward the tail of the Hughes Flying Boat,...
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Title Photograph of crew member inside the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it nears completion, Los...
Description Possibly Richard Stoddart or Earl Martyn inside of the Hughes Flying Boat, examining its equipment near as it was nearing completion.The Flying Boat was assembled on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Photograph of the interior of Hughes' plant, Los Angeles, 1922
Description Interior of Hughes' Los Angeles plant showing the storage or shipping of Hughes simplex drill bits.
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Title Photograph of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it returns from its test flight, Los Angeles...
Description A front view of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight, shown in the photo. The eight 3,000 horsepower engine lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at...
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Title Aerial photograph of Hughes Flying Boat en route to Terminal Island, California, 1946
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...
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Title Aerial photograph of the TWA Constellation's test flight, May 2, 1947
Description TWA Constellation plane during a test flight on May 2, 1947.
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes and employees at the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, July 30,...
Description Howard Hughes (second from right) and employees, visiting Hughes Tool Company in Houston Texas in 1938.
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Title Aerial photograph of Terminal Island with the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31,...
Description An aerial view of Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, showing Hughes Aircraft Company and the industrialization of the area.
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Title Aerial photograph of the TWA Constellation during a test flight, May 2, 1947
Description TWA Constellation plane during a test flight on May 2, 1947.
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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 the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946
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...
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Title Photograph of Hughes XF-11 in flight, April 4, 1947
Description Date stamped on back of photo: April 3, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES FLIES DUPLICATE OF CRASH PLANE CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, today test-piloted the plane pictured here, a duplicate...
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Title Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company office building, Houston, Texas, 1922
Description This was the administration building for the Hughes Tool Company at the Hughes plant on Polk Avenue in Houston, Texas, 1922. The building was constructed during the winter of 1917-1918. Hughes' office was on the lower right-side of the...
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Title Photograph of Hughes Tool Company employees at work, 1951
Description Employees of Hughes Tool Company at work in 1951.
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Title Aerial photograph of Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Description Hughes HK1, Flying Boat, leaving or returning from its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947
Description Howard Hughes' 400,000 pound Flying Boat flying 70 feet above the water for one-mile during taxi tests over the Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship, but it...
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Title Photograph of the first XF-11 plane at the Hughes Airport, Culver City, California, July 3,...
Description The XF-11 plane before its first flight at the Hughes Airport in Culver City, California.
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Title Film transparency of Desert Inn swimming pool and tower, framed by arch, Las Vegas, circa...
Description A view of the Desert Inn swimming pool and tower, with an arch in the foreground.
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Title Photograph of Hughes HK-1 during its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor, November 2,...
Description The Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat during its test run in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, returning from its historic test flight, November 2,...
Description Transcribed press release from back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free off Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor immediately after its launching yesterday. The plane's vertical stabilizer tip rides about 80 feet above the...
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Title Photograph of men working on the interior of the Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, Los Angeles...
Description Men working inside the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to the Los...
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...
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Title Photograph of police escorting the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, June 15,...
Description Police escort lined up in front of Hughes Flying Boat on Roosevelt Highway in San Pedro, California, as it was being moved from Culver City to Terminal Island in Long Beach.
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Title Photograph of Howard Hughes and Joe Petralli inspecting the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it...
Description Howard Hughes (left, in dark coat) noted designer, builder, and industrialist entering the hull of the Hughes Flying Boat, the largest airplane in the world, as it was nearing completion on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. With him...
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Title Aerial photograph of Hughes Flying Boat during its test flight, November 2, 1947
Description Date stamped on back of photo: Nov 2, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "IN THE AIR Hughes Flying boat, with Howard Hughes at the controls, takes to the air at Los Angeles Harbor November 2, 1947. LONG...
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Title Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes' Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island in the...
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...
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Title Photograph of the Falcon F-106 missile on display at the Statler Hotel, September 21, 1955
Description A display of the Falcon missile and rockets, weapons designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company for the U.S. Air Force.
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Title Aerial photograph of the TWA Constellation test flight, May 2, 1947
Description TWA plane in flight, May 2, 1947.
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Title Photograph of the HK-1, Hughes Flying boat, as it returns from its historic test flight,...
Description A side view of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight. The eight 3,000 horsepower engines lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. The...
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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 Photograph of men working inside Hughes' HK-1 Flying Boat, readying it for its historic test,...
Description Men working inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Aerial photograph of the TWA Constellation on a test flight, May 2, 1947
Description TWA Constellation plane during a test flight on May 2, 1947.
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Title Photograph of equipment panels of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, October 31,...
Description The control panel of HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, on Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor.
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Title Photograph of the Hughes Flying boat, as it returns from its historic test flight, Los...
Description A side view of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, the world's largest plane, which successfully completed its first flight. The eight 3,000 horsepower engine lifted the craft from the waters of Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls.
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Title Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat leaving Culver City, California, 1946
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...
 

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