Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes examining the damaged tail of his plane after his arrival at the Le Bourget Airfield, Paris, on his world flight. July 1938"
The black and white view of motorcycle police awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Motorcycle police on hand for Hughes' landing, New York city -- Motorcycle policemen lined up on Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to help keep in check the crowd of 30,000 persons that gathered to greet Howard Hughes and his heroic crew as they landed their giant Lockheed plain after their record-smashing flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME). 7/14/38."
From left to right: a picture of John Walsh, Joe Cunningham, Dante Vespignani, Milt Wiers, John Fadgen, Mayor William Taylor (light jacket), Councilman Jack Petitti (second from right), Pete Green, Joe Mindyas, and James Johnson at a ribbon cutting ceremony in North Las Vegas City Hall.
The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft being refueled in Fairbanks, Alaska. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "C.850170 Howard Hughes' plane being re-fueled at Fairbanks, Alaska on the last lap of its round the world flight. 7/15/38."