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Photograph of Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, July 1938

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Date
1938-07
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Checking damages of plane on arrival at Le Bourget. Le Bourget-- The thoroughness with which he planned the flight and carried it through was still with Howard Hughes when the millionaire flyer and his four companions arrived at Le Bourget, after a record smashing flight across the Atlantic. Hughes is shown here, examining the tail of his plane, just after landing, The tail was damaged slightly. After repairs were made, the fliers took off for Moscow."
Digital ID
whh000732
Physical Identifier
0373_0452
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1639kc3k
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Airplanes
Men
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes behind his plane at Le Bourget Airfield, France, 1938 July
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000732. 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/d1639kc3k

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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
2013-09-19
Extent
6133 x 5094 pixels
10.22 x 8.49 inches
93,725,386 bytes
Language

English

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