Transcribed from attachment to photo: "TOUGH TEST - A hard formation drilling test is begun in the big laboratory at Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, where any drilling condition found anywhere in the world can be duplicated. Here, where the vast majority of rock bits used in the U. S. and Canada are produced, is the cornerstone of Howard Hughes' industrial empire; it was principally the income from the oil drilling equipment company which enables Hughes to branch out into many other fields."
One of the wings of the Hughes Flying Boat is seen being transported by truck on a narrow road in the country, on its way towards the Los Angeles Harbor in June 1946.
The Hughes Flying Boat in Los Angeles Harbor, November 2, 1947. A small boat, crowded with people, is seen in the harbor nearby. Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
A group picture of the Howard Family, probably taken in West Brach, Bridge Creek, Oregon. Handwritten description provided on stock card: "Postcard. Backrow L to R: 1) William D. Howard; 2) Marcus Howard, father; 3) Nancy Howard Copley (tallest figure); 4) Mary Josephine (Baxter) Howard, mother; 5) Ollie Howard Lohr. Front row: 1) Allie Howard Moxley; 2) Lyght Howard; 3) Minnie Howard. (Taken in Oregon)." Additional handwritten description provided on separate piece of paper: "Jesse should be Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson Manor. Picture probably taken in West Branch, Bridge Creek, Oregon. Backrow, l to r: 1) William D. Howard; 2) Marcus Howard, father; 3) Nancy Howard Copley (tallest fig.); 4) Mary Josephine (Baxter) Howard, mother; 5) Ollie Howard Lohr. Front row: 1) Allie Howard Moxley; 2) Lyght Howard (died WW1 influenza epid.); 3) Minnie Howard (died about 15 years old). James H. Howard, Ruth Foster Roark's great-great grandfather."
The interior of the 219-foot long hull of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, on the day of the craft's initial water taxi tests. The picture was taken from the center section of the 400,000 pound aircraft. Workmen were completing the final arrangements for the test in the background.
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.