Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "Hughes' Plane Over Los Angeles, Cal. -- The world-girdling plane of Howard Hughes pictured from an American Airlines plane as it flew over Los Angeles as Hughes and four companions on the record-breaking flight arrive at Los Angeles for the ovation accorded them by proud Southern Californians. The Los Angeles City Hall is in the background. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "U. S. News Service Capital Bureau 862 Nat'l. Press Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20004 737-7227 Day 593-4447 Night".