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Photograph of Howard Hughes checking the Hughes Flying Boat, Terminal Island, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947

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Date

1947-11-01

Description

Howard Hughes checking the instrument panel of the HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat (400,000 pound, 24,000 horsepower airplane) with his crew before the taxi tests, at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

Digital ID

whh000289

Physical Identifier

0321_0309
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Citation

whh000289. 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/d1s756s22

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-08-17

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6588 x 5193 pixels
10.98 x 8.66 inches
97,870,000 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff