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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, San Pedro, California, November 01, 1947

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Date

1947-11-01

Description

Description given with photo: "Float Hughes Flying Boat, San Pedro, Calif.: Water pours into Howard Hughes' mammoth drydock as the millionaire plane builder prepares to float his giant plywood flying boat on November 1st. The nose of the 200-ton craft can be seen at right. In upper right are three of the four right wind engines. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."

Digital ID

whh001623

Physical Identifier

0373_1329
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    whh001623. 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/d1b56dc1b

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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

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    image/tiff