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Photograph of a man working at the Hughes Tool Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1950s

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Date

1950 to 1959

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Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard formation. Howard Hughes' father invented the rock bit in 1908 and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his fabulous industrial empire in motion pictures, air transportation, aeronautical research and design, aircraft manufacture, electronics, armament and brewing."

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whh000426

Physical Identifier

0321_0456
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    whh000426. 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/d1g44hx69

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

    Date Digitized

    2012-09-29

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    6001 x 4749 pixels
    10.002 x 7.915 inches
    85,497,127 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff