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Photograph of a crowd watching the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat in transit, California, June 16, 1946

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Date

1946-06-16

Description

Transcribed from stamp on back of photo: "June 16, 1946; Hughes Aircraft Photo." Crowds and policeman watching as a section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" was 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 June 1946. The men are raising the power lines so the fuselage can pass under.

Digital ID

whh000323

Physical Identifier

0321_0367
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Citation

whh000323. 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/d1cv4bz7g

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-09-06

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10.893 x 7.567 inches
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Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff