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Photograph of the hull of the Hughes Flying Boat being transported from Culver City to Terminal Island, California, 1946

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Date

1947

Description

The hull of the $20,000,000 airplane, also known as the Flying Boat or Spruce Goose, being transferred from Culver City to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Flying Boat was moved to Terminal Island's graving dock where construction was completed in June of 1947.

Digital ID

whh000269

Physical Identifier

0321_0295
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    Citation

    whh000269. 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/d1c53f76j

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    Digital Provenance

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

    Date Digitized

    2012-08-13

    Extent

    5401 x 4188 pixels
    9.00 x 6.98 inches
    64,710,000 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff