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Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938

Information

Date
1938-08-02
Description
Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."
Digital ID
whh001148
Physical Identifier
0373_0863
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1pv6bf2w
Details
Subject
Airplanes
Crowds
Hangars
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Crowd gathered around-the-world circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal, 1938 August 02
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001148. 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/d1pv6bf2w

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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
2013-11-22
Extent
5255 x 4125 pixels
17.52 x 13.92 inches
65,857,856 bytes
Language

English

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