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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 Actual unpublished never before seen photographs of the most reclusive and important figure in american history!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These images you are about to see are unpublished and the only known photograph shot and signed by Howard Hughes himself during the developing process at the most important times in this mans life.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 11:47pm: Why not post your undistorted image and I'll post some others and we get opinions? Technically, I could as you have no claim to copyright, but I'll let you decide.

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 24, 2017 at 1:59am: Looking again, whatever the nature of that signature and whoever that is, that signature is in white ink, not negative writing, yes?

Comment by Scott Paul on February 24, 2017 at 7:29am: I want to commend you for saving the Palmer material from certain destruction. That type of material I think would be of great interest to Arizona historians in particular. As for the photographs I agree with Eric and I am skeptical they are of Howard Hughes. If I were you I would look for another profile image showing his ear that is often a good way to determine a person. The Hughes photography portrait I would be amazed if it was the only print made so there may be others out there. Rarely did people get just one print of a photograph especially if one is sent to a friend not close relative. I hope you will be able to get the letter from Hughes back. The letter might not be a help in identifying the photo since he probably would only say "I am sending you a photograph" etc. not "I am sending you a photograph of me in my new hat." If you do get the letter please post it.
As I said before I think it is great that you saved these items.

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 24, 2017 at 9:25pm: The 1959 photo shows a man smoking - Hughes apparently did not smoke? This 1959 ear, like the ear in the earlier photo we discussed yesterday, is quite unlike Howard's ear as seen in many right profile photographs at his hearing and later. How did you attribute this photograph as depicting Howard Hughes?

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 24, 2017 at 9:25pm: The 1959 photo shows a man smoking - Hughes apparently did not smoke? This 1959 ear, like the ear in the earlier photo we discussed yesterday, is quite unlike Howard's ear as seen in many right profile photographs at his hearing and later. How did you attribute this photograph as depicting Howard Hughes?

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 24, 2017 at 9:30pm: I also wonder why the 1959 photograph appears a distorted degraded copy print well removed from the original negative?

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 24, 2017 at 9:33pm: Come on now this is getting tiresome. Howard Hughes was in 2 hard landings and one official plane crash with major MAJOR DAMAGE also Howard Hughes was a known pipe smoker and was known to have one of the most impressive pipe collections ever! I am telling you for fact I am 110% positive that this is Howard Hughes I have witnessed a stack of proof with my own eyes! Why would Howard Hughes graffiti on some random kids photograph while in development the hard proof is right there in signature comparison to the logo for Howard Hughes aviation the scientific hard proof is right there

Comment by COREY LYNCH on February 24, 2017 at 9:36pm: The hard proof is in the scientific analysis of the two signatures do the measurements it is exact points of commonality

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on February 24, 2017 at 9:43pm: Good - I grant the pipe - please address the ear and other obvious differences because you are avoiding the observations and the obvious conclusions. This "stack of proof" also applies to the earlier photo? You still maintain that photo shows a young Hughes?