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Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, April 21, 1936

Information

Date
1936-04-21
Description
The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in the Northop Gamma Racer in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Hughes sets new Miami-New York record Howard Hughes, Millionaire flier and pictured in the cockpit of his low-wing Northrop all-metal, plane, shortly after landing in New York, April 21st, 4 hours and 22 minutes after having taken off from Miami, Fla. He had beaten the record established by Jimmy Wedel in July 1933, by 36 minutes."
Digital ID
whh000472
Physical Identifier
0373_0189
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sb3x55d
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Northrop Gamma Racer
Air pilots
Airplanes
Airplanes--Cockpits
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes sitting in the Northrop Gamma Racer in New York after setting new Miami-New York speed record, 1936 April 21
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000472. 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/d1sb3x55d

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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
2013-08-13
Extent
6053 x 5023 pixels
1009 x 8.37 inches
91,213,537 bytes
Language

English

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