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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transit to Terminal Island, California, 1946

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Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" 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 in June of 1946. Photo includes image of a blimp used to take some of the aerial photographs.

Digital ID

whh000320

Physical Identifier

0321_0369
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    Citation

    whh000320. 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/d1s17t05b

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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

    Extent

    5388 x 3979 pixels
    8.98 x 6.632 inches
    64,317,436 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff