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

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Date
1938-07-14
Description
The black and white view of motorcycle police awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Motorcycle police on hand for Hughes' landing, New York city -- Motorcycle policemen lined up on Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to help keep in check the crowd of 30,000 persons that gathered to greet Howard Hughes and his heroic crew as they landed their giant Lockheed plain after their record-smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME). 7/14/38."
Digital ID
whh000790
Physical Identifier
0373_0507
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1z892n6z
Details
Subject
Crowds
People
Police
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, 1938 July 14
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000790. 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/d1z892n6z

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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
2013-09-27
Extent
6060 x 4992 pixels
10.10 x 8.32 inches
90,755,440 bytes
Language

English

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