The up close view of Howard Hughes and other inside City Hall in New York City, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "New York welcoming Howard Hughes - close-up inside City Hall. 7/15/38"
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Left to right are R. W. Notti (Assistant City Manager), A. H. Kennedy (City Manager), Cannon, Shirley Ballinger (City Clerk), Mayor C. D. Baker, Commissioner E. W. Fountain, Commissioner Reed Whipple, Commissioner Harris P. Sharp, and Commissioner Wendell Bunker.
Typed description on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes and party being welcomed at City Hall. Hughes being greeted by Jesse Jones. 7/15/38."
Howard Hughes is sitting on the ground examining an architectural drawing of the Hughes Culver City plant. There is a section on "Intake Duct Body Plan."