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Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947

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Date

1947-05-12

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.

Digital ID

whh000118

Physical Identifier

0321_0085
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Citation

whh000118. Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17659n5n

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-06-27

Extent

5662 x 4566 pixels
9.44 x 7.61 inches
73,960,000 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff