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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946

Information

Creator
Creator: Acme Newspicture (New York, N. Y.)
Date
1946-06-16
Description
Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."
Digital ID
whh001378
Physical Identifier
0373_1088
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1028pm4v
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes
People
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Power lines removed by Pacific Electric workers that were in the way of the HK-1 Hercules, 1946 June 16
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001378. Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection, 1930-1950. PH-00373. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1028pm4v

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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2013-12-18
Extent
4728 x 6163 pixels
7.88 x 10.27 inches
87,416,872 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff