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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennnett Airport, New York, July 9, 1938

Information

Date
1938-07-09
Description
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Readying Hughes' plane for Paris flight. New York City-- Mechanics hastened to put Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane in shape for a flight from Floyd Bennett Airport here, to Paris. Motor trouble forced postponement and helpers were working under injunction to have the ship ready for a takeoff, July 9, "at the earliest possible moment." Photo shows: the plane being pulled out of the hangar by a truck. Credit Line (ACME) 7/9/38."
Digital ID
whh000641
Physical Identifier
0373_0361
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1z31nw0g
Details
Subject
Lockheed L-14 Super Electra
Airplanes
airports
Mechanics (Persons)
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Lockheed 14 at the Floyd Bennet Airport, 1938 July 09
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000641. 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/d1z31nw0g

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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
2013-09-06
Extent
6030 x 5021 pixels
10.05 x 8.37 inches
90,830,770 bytes
Language

English

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