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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Claud D. Pepper, San Pedro, California, October 03, 1947

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Creator
Creator: Acme Newspicture (New York, N. Y.)
Date
1947-10-03
Description
Description given with photo: "Pepper Sees Hughes Plane, Los Angeles, Calif.: Florida's Senator Claude D. Pepper (left) dropped into Los Angeles October 3, for a neck-cranning look at the 200-ton HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat. Pepper praised Howard Hughes (right), "for conceiving and constructing this great thing." Two of the plane's eight engines can be seen above the Senator's Head. Credit (ACME) 10/04/47."
Digital ID
whh001618
Physical Identifier
0373_1325
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1zw19070
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
People
Building
Airplanes
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes and U.S. Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the HK-1 Hercules, also known as the "Spruce Goose," in San Pedro, California, 1947 October 03
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001618. 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/d1zw19070

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Standardized Rights Statement
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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2013-12-19
Extent
4728 x 6163 pixels
7.88 x 10.27 inches
87,416,872 bytes
Language

English

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