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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938

Information

Date
1938-07-14
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight in Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Flight's End: Floyd Bennett Airport - Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, "World's Fair, 1939," as the skimmed the runway just before landing at 2:37 1/2 p.m., to end a dramatic dash around the world. A minutes later, Hughes and his companions were mobbed by officials. Credit (ACME). 7/14/38."
Digital ID
whh000798
Physical Identifier
0373_0515
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1xd0r484
Details
Subject
Lockheed L-14 Super Electra
Airplanes
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
aerial photographs
Source
Landing of Howard Hughes's Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, 1938 July 14
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000798. 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/d1xd0r484

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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
2013-10-02
Extent
6060 x 4977 pixels
10.10 x 8.30 inches
90,482,740 bytes
Language

English

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