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Photograph of the Flying Boat launching into Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

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Date

1947-11-01

Description

The Hughes flying boat was launched for the first time, (Nov 1, 1947) after the three concrete docks, one containing the hull and two the wing pontoons, were pumped with sea water to the outside level, gates were lowered and the plane was towed forward by tractors and then by boats as the tail cleared the dock. Los Angeles Harbor is currenly known as Long Beach Harbor, California.

Digital ID

whh000122

Physical Identifier

0321_0090
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Citation

whh000122. 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/d1q52fk77

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-06-27

Extent

6797 x 5428 pixels
11.33 x 9.05 inches
105,550,000 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff