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Photograph of an employee testing Hughes Tool Company drill bits, 1950s

Information

Date
1950 to 1960
Description
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "TOUGH TEST - A hard formation drilling test is begun in the big laboratory at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, where any drilling condition found anywhere in the world can be duplicated. Here, where the vast majority of rock bits used in the U. S. and Canada are produced, is the cornerstone of Howard Hughes' industrial empire; it was principally the income from the oil drilling equipment company which enables Hughes to branch out into many other fields."
Digital ID
whh000305
Physical Identifier
0321_0450
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1q81502j
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Carl Byoir & Associates
Subject
Drilling and boring machinery
Employees
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
1960s (1960 - 1969)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Hard formation drilling test at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, approximately 1946-1960
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000305. 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/d1q81502j

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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
2012-09-26
Extent
5949 x 4710 pixels
9.915 x 7.85 inches
84,060,250 bytes
Language

English

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