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Photograph of a crowd watching the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946

Information

Date
1946-06-16
Description
Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946. The men are raising the power lines so the fuselage can pass under.
Digital ID
whh000323
Physical Identifier
0321_0367
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1cv4bz7g
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Horses
Streets
Automobiles
Oil well drilling rigs
Electric lines
Crowds
Men
Police
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000323. 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/d1cv4bz7g

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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
2012-09-06
Extent
6536 x 4540 pixels
10.893 x 7.567 inches
89,021,200 bytes
Language

English

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