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Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s

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Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1 was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded. The bit was invented by Howard Hughes' father.

Digital ID

whh000250

Physical Identifier

0321_0280
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Citation

whh000250. 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/d1tb0z245

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Digital Provenance

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

Date Digitized

2012-08-09

Extent

5075 x 6223 pixels
8.46 x 10.37 inches
90,350,000 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff