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Photograph of a section of the Flying Boat being moved to Los Angeles Harbor for assembly, June, 1946

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Date
1946-06
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose or Flying Boat being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled June 1946.
Digital ID
whh000336
Physical Identifier
0321_0363
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1q52fk8q
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Airplanes
Electric lines
Airships
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000336. 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/d1q52fk8q

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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
2012-09-07
Extent
5427 x 4201 pixels
9.045 x 7.002 inches
68,397,361 bytes
Language

English

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