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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947

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Creator
Creator: Acme Newspicture (New York, N. Y.)
Date
1947-11-01
Description
Description given with photo: "Float Hughes Flying Boat, San Pedro, Calif.: Water pours into Howard Hughes' mammoth drydock as the millionaire plane builder prepares to float his giant plywood flying boat on November 1st. The nose of the 200-ton craft can be seen at right. In upper right are three of the four right wind engines. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."
Digital ID
whh001623
Physical Identifier
0373_1329
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1b56dc1b
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
People
Building
Airplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Water pours into Howard Hughes's dry dock that houses the HK-1 Hercules, 1947 November 01
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001623. 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/d1b56dc1b

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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
2013-12-19
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