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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Earl Martyn in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, 1947

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Date
1947
Description
Howard Hughes (right) and Earl Martyn inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which was near completion on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Hughes Flying Boat, also called the Spruce Goose, was the largest plane in the world.
Digital ID
whh000272
Physical Identifier
0321_0298
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    whh000272. 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/d1zw1902k

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    Digital Provenance
    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
    Date Digitized
    2012-08-13
    Extent
    5388 x 4240 pixels
    9.98 x 7.07 inches
    65,360,000 bytes
    Language

    English

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