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Photograph of attendants inspecting a plane, Brooklyn, New York, September 30, 1937

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Date
1937-09-30
Description
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Hughes Buys New Plane. Attendants at the Floyd Bennet Airport, in Brooklyn, New York, inspecting the tire on the plane Howard Hughes recently purchased from the Sikorsky Company. Hughes accepted delivery September 30th, and flew the plane from Bridgeport. The tire blew as he was making a test landing. No other damage was done. Credit Line (ACME) 9/30/37
Digital ID
whh000553
Physical Identifier
0373_0272
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d19s1ks3r
Details
Subject
Airplanes
Airplanes--Wings
Wheels
Men
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Inspectors examining a plane, 1937 September 30
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000553. 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/d19s1ks3r

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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
2013-08-22
Extent
6089 x 4977 pixels
10.15 x 8.30 inches
90,915,739 bytes
Language

English

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