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Photograph of a wing of Hughes' Flying Boat leaving Culver City, California, 1946

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Date
1946
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
Digital ID
whh000294
Physical Identifier
0321_0386
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d14f1mr27
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes--Wings
Seaplanes
Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.
Trucks
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000294. Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d14f1mr27

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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
2012-08-28
Extent
5388 x 3953 pixels
8.98 x 6.588 inches
63,897,600 bytes
Language

English

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