Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Faved Flyer Visits Washington - Wash, D.C. - Photo shows the crowd pressing forward for a glimpse of Howard Hughes, well known sportsman flyer, as he arrived at Washington Airport in an American Airliner. Photo Credit ACME. 7-21-38. New York Bureau."
The black and white view of mechanics working on the Lockheed 14 aircraft. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Filling up the take with gasoline on Howard Hughes' plane in preparation for a take-off for Paris. At Floyd Bennett Field. July 1938."
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes in New York after making a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a two-ounce oxygen mask."
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes in New York after making a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask."