(AVIATION) Group of 8 oversized press photographs of Howard

Nov 21 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2687 -

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Sale 2687 - Lot 46

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(AVIATION.) Group of 8 oversized press photographs of Howard Hughes flights and aircraft, including his fiery 1946 wreck. Each about 15 inches across, varying heights; some with crop marks and retouching, various news agency stamps, captions, clippings, and other notations on verso, minor to moderate wear. Various places, 1938-1947

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The earliest shows his Lockheed landing in Brooklyn on 14 July 1938, shattering the record for fastest circumnavigation of the globe. Three show his experimental "flying boat" in 1946 and 1947. 3 show the wreckage of the XF-11 which he crashed into a residential part of Beverly Hills in July 1946, and another shows a test of another Hughes-piloted XF-11 in April 1947.

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