Black and white image of a woman sitting in the librarian's office at the Boulder City Library, located in its new quarters on the top floor of the Municipal Building.
Black and white image of the Boulder City Library, then located in the basement of the city's municipal building. Reference books, a card catalog, and a children's display are all visible.
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "New York Acclaims World Fliers, New York City --- Looking up Broadway during the ticker-tape reception accorded Howard Hughes and his four companions in recognition of their Round-The-World record-smashing flight. The dense crowd which lined both sides of the through fare has closed in behind the parade, while further ahead fresh showers of torn paper flutter down on the motorcade. 7(3/4)-15-38. Credit Line (ACME)."
Description provided with image: "Boulder City School Board. L-R: Don McCormick, (?), Elbert Edwards, Ray Collins, and H. O. Watts in Boulder City, Nevada 1948."