Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Howard Hughes Was Welcomed to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal. -- Mayor Frank L. Shaw of Los Angeles, Howard Hughes, Will Hays, "Czar" of the movies, and Governor Frank Merriam of California (left to right) are pictured at the luncheon in the Biltmore Hotel which followed the wild ovation for Hughes and his four companions on his record-smashing world flight as they arrived in Los Angeles from their triumph from the East. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38"

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official Air Force Photo." Stamped on verso: "Base Photographic Laboratory - Langley Air Force Base, Virginia." Briefings on the worldwide mission of the Tactical Air Command and a familiarization flight in the McDonnell F-110.