37 x 50 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights "Atlas sheet no. 77(B)." "Issued May 7th 1877." "Expeditions of 1871 & 1786 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War." "Under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." "2nd. Ed. June 30th, 1881." Original publisher: U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1: 253440.

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Hughes waves to cheering million. New York City--- Clean-shaven once more, Howard Hughes smiles his gratitude to the millions of New Yorkers who showered him with ticker-tape and torn paper--New York's own accolade, as paraded up Broadway, followed by his companions in the carbehind in the greatest reception since Lindbergh's. On the left is Grover Whalen, head of the New York World's Fair, 1939, and on the right, Al Lodwick, manager of the round-the-world record smashing flight. Credit Line (ACME) 7/15/38."