Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at a crowd during a parade held for Hughes.

Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at a crowd during a parade held for Hughes.

Description given with photo: "Hughes Turns Quizmaster, Washington: Howard Hughes (right) submits a list of questions intended for Senator Owen Brewster (R. Me.) to chairman Homer Ferguson (R, Mich.) of the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee. Hughes had said he could prove that Bewster's claims about Hughes' business were "a pack of lies" if he were permitted to cross-examine the senator. The written questions resulted. Credit (ACME) 8/7/47."

A view of Howard Hughes alighting from his plane, possibly in Floyd Bennet Airfield in 1938.

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)