Howard Hughes (2nd from right) with group of men inside the Hughes Tool Company shop in Houston.

Howard Hughes (foreground) and S. P. Brown (bending over) examining the new Hughes rock bit head at the Hughes Tool Company plant.

Howard Hughes, N.E. Boehm, and an unidentified man examining machinery in the Hughes Tool Company plant.

A view of crowds waiting to see Howard Hughes arrive at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Flight's End - Floyd Bennett Field, N.Y. -- Propellers still whirling, the plane which carried Howard Hughes and four companions on their dramatic Round-The-World flight, taxis to a stop, on a runway there, flanked by an escort of motorcycle policemen. Part of the crowd of 30,000 which was on hand to greet the fliers, may be seen. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."

Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified aircraft in a hangar at Bennett Field, New York.