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Photograph of Hughes Tool Company Derrick, Houston Texas, circa 1940s-1950s

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Date
1940 to 1959
Description
Transcribed from press release: "HUGHES TEST DERRICK This 118-foot field-size oil derrick tower above a block-long laboratory in Houston, Texas, where the Hughes Tool Company simulates every drilling condition in the world in order to produce tough, long-lasting drill bits for the oil industry. Rock bits are responsible for tapping of deep oil fields where today 90 per cent of the world's oil is found."
Digital ID
whh000414
Physical Identifier
0321_0440
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1wd3q78w
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Carl Byoir & Associates
Subject
Drilling and boring machinery
Machine shops
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Oil derrick tower above a block-long laboratory in Houston, Texas, where the Hughes Tool Company simulates drilling conditions, approximately 1940-1959
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000414. 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/d1wd3q78w

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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
2012-09-28
Extent
4812 x 5718 pixels
8.02 x 9.53 inches
82,545,928 bytes
Language

English

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