About This Item

  • TitleHoward Hughes
  • Call NumberPORT_0498
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Howard Hughes, ace speed flier, stepping out of his plane at Floyd Bennett Field after cracking the coast to coast transport mark."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 20/38; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAir pilots -- New York (State) -- New York ; Airplanes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Jamaica Bay (N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.