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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947

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Creator
Creator: Acme Newspicture (New York, N. Y.)
Date
1947-11-01
Description
Description given with photo: "Poised For Trial Run, San Pedro, Calif.: Two engineers are dwarfed by the four right wing engines of Howard Hughes' mammoth plywood flying boat as the 200-tom craft is readied for taxi tests in Los Angeles harbor on November 1st. While completing taxi runs on the following day, Hughes casually lifted the big plane into the air for an unscheduled half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."
Digital ID
whh001621
Physical Identifier
0373_1328-A
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1kk94k6k
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
People
Building
Airplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Engineers by the four right wing engines of the HK-1 Hercules before taxi tests in Los Angeles, 1947 November 01
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001621. 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/d1kk94k6k

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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
2013-12-19
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