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Photograph of a worker at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s

Information

Creator
Creator: Burt Moritz Photography
Date
1940 to 1959
Description
Press release attached to back of photo: "A roughneck fits a new Hughes Jet bit into the drill collar preparatory to running the drill stem into the hold. In 1953 more than 500,000 rock bits produced by the Hughes Tool Company of Houston, Texas, were used in the United States alone. The invention of the rock bit by Howard R. Hughes, Sr., made it possible to drill far deeper into the earth beyond the shallow oil deposits which are now practically exhausted. Without rotary drilling equipment of this kind the world might revert to a horse and buggy economy."
Digital ID
whh000419
Physical Identifier
0321_0445
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17m0467z
Details
Subject
Employees
Machine shops
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Worker fits a new Hughes Jet bit into the drill collar, approximately 1940-1959
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000419. 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/d17m0467z

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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
2012-09-28
Extent
5923 x 4801 pixels
9.87 x 8 inches
85,311,488 bytes
Language

English

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