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Photograph of a portion of the Flying Boat during test flight, November 2, 1947

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Date
1947-11-02
Description
A portion of the Flying Boat is visible in this photograph that was taken during Howard Hughes' historic test flight. Stamped on the back of the photo "Hughes Aircraft Photo" Los Angeles Harbor, Terminal Island are now known and Long Beach.
Digital ID
whh000387
Physical Identifier
0321_0412
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1cj87s7d
Details
Subject
Hughes HK-1 Hercules (Flying Boat)
Seaplanes
Ships
Boats and boating
Harbors
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
HK-1 test flight, 1947 November 02
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000387. 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/d1cj87s7d

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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
2012-09-14
Extent
6621 x 5096 pixels
11.04 x 8.49 inches
101,224,448 bytes
Language

English

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