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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Hercules, Hawthorne, California, June 16, 1946

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Date

1946-06-16

Description

Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."

Digital ID

whh001378

Physical Identifier

0373_1088
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Citation

whh001378. 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/d1028pm4v

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2013-12-18

Extent

4728 x 6163 pixels
7.88 x 10.27 inches
87,416,872 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff