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Photograph of the Hughes Flying Boat fuselage, in transit to Terminal Island, California, June 14, 1946

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Date

1946-06-14

Description

Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 14, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

Digital ID

whh000339

Physical Identifier

0321_0360
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Citation

whh000339. 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/d19w0957z

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-09-07

Extent

6523 x 4540 pixels
10.872 x 7.567 inches
88,844,140 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff