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Photograph of employee in Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
- Digital ID
- whh000418
- Title
- Photograph of employee in Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop, Houston, Texas, circa 1940s-1950s
- Creator
- Description
- The Hughes Laboratory Machine Shop is devoted to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for Research, Product and Metallurgical Engineering division. This includes building new designs, new mechanisms and new devices for preliminary testing.
- Source
- Image ID: 0321 0443
- Original Collection
- Date
- 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959
- Graphic Elements (TGM)
- DC Type
- Genre (TGM)
- Rights
- This material may be protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from the University Libraries. For further information please contact Digital Collections: http://digital.library.unlv.edu/contact
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
- Digital Collection
- Conversion Specifications
- Original material scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL using EPSON Scan Ver. 2.94A software
- Master File Creation Date
- 2012-09-28
- Master File Extent
- 5987 x 4549 pixels; 9.978 x 7.582 inches; 81,705,469 bytes
- Master File Format
- image/tiff
- Master File Operating System
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1, Service Pack 8
- Master File Quality
- 29 bit color; 600 ppi;
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