Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Howard Hughes being carried ashore after arrival in amphibian airplane at U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, B.W.I.
Howard Hughes near his Hughes Racer at Newark Airport after breaking the coast-to-coast record from Burbank to Newark in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 27 seconds. The distance he covered was 2490 miles while he was going an average speed of 332 mph. This record bettered his previous record by two hours.