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Photograph of Howard Hughes exiting the Lockheed-14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 1938

Date
1938-07-14
Description
Howard Hughes getting out of cabin door of Lockheed-14 at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York in 1938.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Thomas A. Slack, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947

Date
1947-11-08
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes And Attorney At Senate Hearing, Washington : Airplane builder Howard Hughes (left) confers with his attorney, Thomas A. Slack, at the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing, November 8. The subcommittee is probing Hughes' wartime contracts. Credit (ACME) 11/08/47."

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Photograph of Dean Martin and Jack Entratter with Texas Copa Girls at rehearsal, Las Vegas, December 1959

Date
1959-12
Description
Dean Martin, Jack Entratter and several of the Texas Copa Girls in December 1959. Pictured from left to right, unidentified woman, Margo Martin, Dean Martin, Pat Hewlett, Theresa Hayes, Jack Entratter, Lucille Nelson.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of René Fraday, Margaret Kelly, Bob Turk, Donn Arden, Louis Folco at the Lido in Paris, France, early 1960s

Date
1960 to 1965
Description

From L-R: René Fraday, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), Bob Turk, Donn Arden, costume designer Louis Folco at the Lido in Paris. Arden and Folco are holding up champagne glasses. Two unidentified women and one man are in the background.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Costume design drawing, blue ballet costume for male dancer, Las Vegas, 1981

Date
1981
Description
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "4 Principal boy dancers (Vienna, ballet look)."
Costume Details: Male dancer in blue ballet style costume with sheer ballooned sleeves; decorated with fuchsia trim; matching boots.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Aerial photograph of the Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 1938

Date
1938-07-14
Description
Aerial view of the crowd greeting Howard Hughes and crew at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York after completion of the around-the-world flight.

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Photograph of Rear Admiral C.J. Seiberlich, circa late 1940s

Date
1945 to 1949
Description
Rear Admiral C.J. Seiberlich, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, is shown at the controls of the Hughes Flying Boat in its Long Beach, California hangar. The Navy had expressed an interest in using the craft in an experimental capacity, circa late 1940s.

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Photograph of pilots lined up in front of their biplanes at the Oakland Airport, California, March 15, 1929

Date
1929
Description
Stunt pilots for the film Hell's Angels line up before the largest fleet of World War I planes ever assembled for the making of a motion picture. The event took place on the runway of the Oakland Airport, March 15, 1929.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Earl Martyn in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947

Date
1947
Description
Howard Hughes (right) and Earl Martyn inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which was near completion on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Hughes Flying Boat, also called the Spruce Goose, was the largest plane in the world.

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Photograph of crew member inside the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, as it nears completion, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947

Date
1947
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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