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Photograph of the Northrop Gamma Racer, 1936

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Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of the Northrop Gamma Racer. Text printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Millionaire Speed King. Howard Hughes, multimillionaire movie producer and speed flyer, warming up his plane at the Chicago Municipal Airport preparing for a flight to Los Angeles, in which he hopes to a new speed record. Credit Line (ACME) 5/14/1936."

Digital ID

whh000485

Physical Identifier

0373_0202
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Citation

whh000485. 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/d13j3975q

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2013-08-13

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6118 x 4977 pixels
10.20 x 8.30 inches
91,348,738 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff