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Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947

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Date
1947-05-12
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
Digital ID
whh000118
Physical Identifier
0321_0085
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17659n5n
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes
Seaplanes
Men
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes on the flight deck of the famed Hughes Flying Boat, Long Beach Harbor, California, 1947 May 12
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000118. 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/d17659n5n

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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
2012-06-27
Extent
5662 x 4566 pixels
9.44 x 7.61 inches
73,960,000 bytes
Language

English

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