Transcribed from attached press release: "Wide World Photos Please Credit A-63899 (Part of Series) $58,000 LONG BEACH, CAL. A view of the hull of Howard Hughes new $20,000,000 cargo flying boat at the pontoon bridge, ready to be moved from Long Beach to Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, there is a graving dock it will be assembled with other parts of the ship."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Photo by: Ankers Capitol Photographers 316 F Street, N.E. Wash., D.C. 20002 Phone (202)543-2484"
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Taken during Howard Cannon's visit to England for a briefing on the Seventh Air Division and Third Air Force. Handwritten on verso: "L to R Col. W. H. Erwin, Deputy Chief Staff. Intelligence, 3rd Air Force Senator Howard W. Cannon, U.S. Senator (Nev.)"