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Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938

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Date

1938-08-02

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."

Digital ID

whh001148

Physical Identifier

0373_0863
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    whh001148. 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/d1pv6bf2w

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    Digital Provenance

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

    Date Digitized

    2013-11-22

    Extent

    5255 x 4125 pixels
    17.52 x 13.92 inches
    65,857,856 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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    image/tiff