Howard Hughes (right) and Earl Martyn inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which was near completion on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Hughes Flying Boat, also called the Spruce Goose, was the largest plane in the world.
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Las Vegas News Bureau - Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center - Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer". Stamped on verso: "Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation, INC. 400 Stewart Ave. - P.O. Box 1688 Las Vegas, Nevada" Howard W. Cannon and Alan Bible (2nd and 3rd from left), Gov. Grant Sawyer (2nd from right)