Note: Red string at menu spine. Holly embossed on cover Restaurant: St. Nicholas Hotel (Springfield, Ill.) Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in New York. Text printed on a card included with the image: "Howard Hughes and Albert Lodwick beside Northrop Gamma, surrounded by a crowd at the Floyd Bennett Airport after breaking the record from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes (distance 1095 miles; average speed 250 mph; high speed 290 mph). This bettered Jimmy Wedell's July 1933 record by 36 minutes. New York, New York."
Note: Menu is composed of triptych of linen panels printed with herons flying over waves, in the style of a Japanese screen; each section is framed with maroon fabric-wrapped wire and sections are tied together with string Restaurant: Seelbach Hotel Location: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Howard Hughes talking to unidentified men who are presumably members of the press most likely about his completion of his Round the World flight in New York City, New York.