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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947

Information

Date
1947-08-16
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Is Asked About His XF-11 By Senator! Culver City, Calif. - Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes, left, is asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane, background, by Senator Harry Cain, right, Republican of Washington. Cain is member of the Senate War Investigating Committee, and inspected Hughes craft after the plane builder had test flown the ship. An earlier model of same design nearly cost Hughes his life when it crashed in Beverly Hill last winter. Note wind-blown hair on both Pilot Hughes and observer Cain. Photo by Felix Pagel. 8/16/47."
Digital ID
whh001599
Physical Identifier
0373_1306
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1f18sn7p
Details
Contributor
Contributor: International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Hughes XF-11
People
Reporters and reporting
Airplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
U.S. Senator Harry P. Cain, member of a Senate Subcommittee investigating Howard Hughes's war contracts, talking with Hughes beside the controversial XF-11 photo-reconnaissance plane, 1947 August 16
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001599. 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/d1f18sn7p

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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