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I saved a box of old paperwork from the dump and found some historical treasures!

I rescued a box of paperwork that was going to the dump from a Real estate clean out after bank repossession. Full of old paperwork from the mining days to find out that it had about 30 years of information from a man named W.R. Palmer who was a Arizona state senator. He was also A patented Inventor western Indian expert, A mining Engineer, and hard rock drilling expert. Also the man that patented a process he perfected turning cast iron to harder structural steel forever changing the world.

This man was also a fellow mason and friend of Howard Hughes Sr. I am in the process of writing a in depth story of W.R. Palmer and his connection to the Hughes family,

this blog is going to be to share the most amazing think that I found in this amazing box. Actual unpublished never before seen photographs of the most reclusive and important figure in american history!

Not just any pictures. Two photos taken at two major and missing points in his lifetime. The first picture of a young man not even old enough to shave shot and developed by Howard Hughes Jr. himself after his uncle taught him the art of picture development in 1917 while with his father in California after his mother passed away. Signed by Hughes in the darkroom. Sent to the one man who he felt he could trust to ask to help knowing that he was the man that helped his father at every turn building his tool empire.

After Howard Lost his father. He sent the first photograph and a letter introducing himself and asking for his help and advice in any way possible. After reading the letter asking him for help Mr. Palmer and his wife returned to Texas and moved to a House a block from the Hughes family home and helped young Howard secure his company and his rights to his fathers fortune from his uncles trying to steal his company out from him.

The second photograph was taken in 1959 by W.r. Palmer a year before he passed away and about a year and a half before the last known photograph of Howard Hughes in 1961.

I have no idea what a find of this significance is actually worth but I am showing it to you now in hopes that you could help.

These images you are about to see are unpublished and the only known photograph shot and signed by Howard Hughes himself during the developing process at the most important times in this mans life.

Remember I own the original photographs and rights to these photographs and with that said the logo used to compare signatures is the first logo made by Howard a few years after the photograph.

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Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 23, 2017 at 12:05pm: Does everyone else but me think that early photograph looks like Howard Hughes?

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 23, 2017 at 12:05pm: As long as the history is saved the money is not important III was just joking about selling it to a rich guy

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 23, 2017 at 12:15pm: I have a nice © 1938 NYWF publicity photo of Hughes after his round-the-world flight with Grover Whalen, Pres of the 1939 NY World's Fair and ex-police commissioner. A remarkable man, Hughes.

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 23, 2017 at 12:25pm: Have you heard the story behind his personal mechanic and friend George Van tessel and his little airport Howard funded out in landers California where he stopped for fuel and apple pie coming to and from Las Vegas? That is a very interesting story there. Look into "Giant Rock Airport"

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 23, 2017 at 12:26pm: I'm busy eating ice cream! ;)

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 23, 2017 at 10:47pm: Corey,

I'm sorry, but after looking at many images C. 1923-1926 that can not be Howard Hughes in the early photograph. There are obvious structural differences in his facial features, the nose and lips, jaw etc. Could that be W.R. Palmer?

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 23, 2017 at 11:00pm: That is because of his plane crashes as in multiple times having very hard landings. He actually used face make up due to the scaring

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 23, 2017 at 11:18pm: Most people are unaware that he was actually in two plane crashes before the famous incident with the house. The first one actually happened in 1926 during the filming of the movie "hells Angels" the second into a beet field while testing his new experimental plane in I believe 1931 not positive about that one. But since you are studying the old pictures you will find one photograph Infront of a plane where he has on the same suit jacket as in the photograph also you can see a lot of his clothes were done by the same tailor

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 23, 2017 at 11:38pm: Sorry, that is not him in my opinion. While I normally authenticate woodwork and parts of ocean liners, some autographs and other things like artifacts from Hiroshima, I have done some work with images of people. I am aware of these incidents you mention. I don't believe Hughes suffered any facial injuries with the H-1 beet field landing. The man in your photograph simply does not resemble Howard Hughes. If I had a photograph, an apparent signed self portrait of Howard Hughes, I would be screaming it from mountain tops with a megaphone. Do you have - did that letter say "this is me, Howard Hughes" or is this provenance by association? Why doesn't is resemble him at all? Do you think Howard would wear that hat? Is that man 18?