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Photograph of a man working at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

Information

Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard formation. Howard Hughes' father invented the rock bit in 1908 and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his fabulous industrial empire in motion pictures, air transportation, aeronautical research and design, aircraft manufacture, electronics, armament and brewing."
Digital ID
whh000426
Physical Identifier
0321_0456
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1g44hx69
Details
Subject
Factories
Drilling and boring machinery
Men
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Rock bit testing, approximately 1950-1959
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000426. 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/d1g44hx69

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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
2012-09-29
Extent
6001 x 4749 pixels
10.002 x 7.915 inches
85,497,127 bytes
Language

English

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