Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Carries His Lunch Tray Cafeteria Style - Washington, D.C. Howard Hughes is shown selecting his luncheon cafeteria style during a short recess of the Senate investigation of his wartime plane contracts. Along with Thomas A. Slack, his counsel, the millionaire plane builder had his luncheon in the cafeteria of the Senate office building, while Senator Homer Ferguson, (R) Michigan the Sub-Committee Chairman, called the recess due to the absence of the witnesses summoned to the inquiry at Hughes' request. 11/8/47."

Howard Hughes (second from left) standing under the blade of the XH-17, Flying Crane with L-R: Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed, Assistant; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters; Gale. J. Moore, pilot.

A view of Howard Hughes talking to an unidentified man as Hughes prepares to fly the Air Force test plane.

A bird's eye view of the procession of a parade in Chicago held for Howard Hughes.

A bird's eye view of the procession of a parade in Chicago held for Howard Hughes.

A bird's eye view of the procession of a parade in Chicago held for Howard Hughes.

A bird's eye view of the procession of a parade in Chicago held for Howard Hughes.