Police escort lined up in front of Hughes Flying Boat on Roosevelt Highway in San Pedro, California, as it was being moved from Culver City to Terminal Island in Long Beach.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of the Vice President for Development and University Relations Records
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Collection Number: UA-00047 Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of the Vice President for Development and University Relations Records Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)
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.