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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

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Date
1938-07-14
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Grover Whalen greets Hughes. New York City-- His face covered by stubble and still wearing his battered hat, Howard Hughes is taken in tow by Grover Whalen, World's Fair head, shortly after Hughes and his companions set their plane down at Floyd Bennett Airport here, completing their dramatic dash around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"
Digital ID
whh000864
Physical Identifier
0373_0580
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d21rr51
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Whalen, Grover A. (Grover Aloysius), 1886-1962
Crowds
People
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, 1938 July 14
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh000864. 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/d1d21rr51

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2013-10-04
Extent
5020 x 6119 pixels
8.37 x 10.20 inches
92,153,020 bytes
Language

English

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