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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, Terminal Island, California, November 02, 1947

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Creator
Creator: Monteverge, Al
Date
1947-11-02
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Interviewed By Newsmen After Flight - Terminal Island, Calif. : Photo shows Howard Hughes surrounded by radio interviewers, reporters, and well-wishers after he tested his flying boat the "HK-1" in Los Angeles harbor. He surprised onlookers by taking the huge 200-ton seaplane into the air for a mile flight at the altitude of 70 feet, with a speed of 100 M.P.H, then landing the craft with a very safe landing. Photo by Al Monteverge. 1-03-47."
Digital ID
whh001676
Physical Identifier
0373_1389
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1gh9bh4k
Details
Subject
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
People
Reporters and reporting
Time Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Howard Hughes with members of the press after the HK-1 test flight, Terminal Island, California, 1947 November 02
Digital Project
Welcome Home, Howard
Citation

whh001676. 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/d1gh9bh4k

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2013-12-19
Extent
4728 x 6163 pixels
7.88 x 10.27 inches
87,416,872 bytes
Language

English

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