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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Los Angeles Harbor, June 1946

Information

Date
1946
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.
Digital ID
whh000367
Physical Identifier
0321_0392
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1zg6gf1r
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Seaplanes
Trucks
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000367. 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/d1zg6gf1r

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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
2012-09-13
Extent
5274 x 4214 pixels
8.785 x 7.023 inches
66,662,400 bytes
Language

English

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