The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "General view of end of the record breaking flight... 7/14/38."
Automobiles on the highway leading to Boulder City, Nevada. The sign to the left of the road reads, "Boulder City, Lake Mead Lodge, Lake Mead Boat Co."
A photograph of Tom Godbey prepared by the "Boulder City News" for an article titled, "Jaycees Fete Tom Godbey Outstanding Vet Father" Wednesday June 19, 1946. The photograph is wrapped in paper, so only Tom Godbey's portrait is showing. The original image also has an unidentified woman in it. The paper has the following writing on it: "one zinc halftone, 85 screen, 12 pixels wide, mounted flush on sides Boulder City News Bob Carter". The corresponding Boulder City News article from Wednesday June 19, 1946 is included with the image.
Transcribed from attachment to photo: "NEW LONG-RANGE PLANE ANNOUNCED CULVER CITY, CALIF., The FX-11 took off today on its first test flight. One of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, it was designed and built by Howard Hughes in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. It has a wing spread of 101 feet, 4 inches, and is powered by two 3000-horsepower radial engines with eight-bladed contra-rotating propellers. Army officials said it can attain a speed of more than 400 miles per hour and has a ceiling of more than 40,000 feet." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of the XF-11, a reconnaissance plane that Hughes built and designed in conjunction with Air Materiel Command engineers. Hughes is preparing for his first test flight in Culver City, California July 7, 1947."