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Photograph of Hughes Racer landing after historic flight, Newark (N.J.), January 19, 1937

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Date

1937-01-19

Description

Hughes' plane landing after historic flight. Inscription with image reads: "Hughes Racer landing at Newark Airport after breaking coast-to-coast record 27 sec. - distance 2490 mi. - average speed 332 mph. (This bettered his previous record by 2 hours.) Newark, New Jersey."

Digital ID

whh000519

Physical Identifier

0373_0241
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Citation

whh000519. 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/d1q52fk96

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2013-08-21

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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