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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved from Long Beach to Terminal Island, California, June 1946

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Date
1946
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Wide World Photos Please Credit A-63899 (Part of Series) $58,000 LONG BEACH, CAL. A view of the hull of Howard Hughes new $20,000,000 cargo flying boat at the pontoon bridge, ready to be moved from Long Beach to Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, there is a graving dock it will be assembled with other parts of the ship."
Digital ID
whh000364
Physical Identifier
0321_0389
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1bn9x904
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Wide World Photos, Inc.
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Seaplanes
Oil well drilling rigs
Bridges
Ships
Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.
Buildings
People
Harbors
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000364. 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/d1bn9x904

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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
2012-09-13
Extent
5231 x 4214 pixels
8.72 x 7.02 inches
66,134,016 bytes
Language

English

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