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Photograph of the transportation of Howard Hughes' Hercules, California, June 13, 1946

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Creator
Creator: Acme Newspicture (New York, N. Y.)
Date
1946-06-13
Description
Description given with photo: "Wing of World's Largest Plane Moved, Culver city, Calif. - One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' Hercules inches toward Los Angeles harbor from Culver City, Calif., on house-moving dollies. Moving along at two miles an hour to Terminal Island for assembly, the wings will be followed in the 28-mile journey in a few days by the fuselage. Second wing section can be seen in rear. Credit Line (ACME) 6/13/46."
Digital ID
whh001359
Physical Identifier
0373_1069
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1f766f3b
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes
People
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Wing from Howard Hughes's HK-1 Hercules being transported through California, 1946 June 13
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001359. 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/d1f766f3b

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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
2013-12-17
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