The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft taking off on a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes plane taking off from Minneapolis."
Exteriors of the Boulder Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre covered with snow. Snow-covered automobiles are parked on Arizona Street, and the Boulder Dam Hotel and the Union Bus Terminal can be seen in the distance.
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."
Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes inspects his machine on arrival at Le Bourget, France, on his round-the-world flight."