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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 11, 1947

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Date
1947-08-11
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes Alone As Probers Recess Till Fall, Washington, D.C. - Plane builder Howard Hughes, above, sat alone in the normally jam-packed senate caucus room today after war investigating sub-committee chairman Homer Ferguson, (R) of Mich., announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November 17, 1947. Hughes, shown checking his private papers, wrathfully termed the postponement action by the sub-committee chairman as "ridiculous." -INP Photo by A.E. Scott- 8/11/47."
Digital ID
whh001577
Physical Identifier
0373_1284
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d18g8fq9b
Details
Contributor
Contributor: International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Crowds
People
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes after War Investigating Subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November, 1947 August 11
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001577. 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/d18g8fq9b

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2013-12-19
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