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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Northrop Gamma Racer, New York, 1936

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Date

1936

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick beside Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes (distance 1095 miles; average speed 250 mph; high speed 290 mph). This bettered Jimmy Wedell's July 1933 record by 36 minutes. New York, New York."

Digital ID

whh000475

Physical Identifier

0373_0192
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Citation

whh000475. 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/d1d21rr4j

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2013-08-13

Extent

6066 x 4958 pixels
10.11 x 8.26 inches
90,226,564 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff