A view of Howard Hughes about to board his private B-23 Transport plane in Los Angeles.

A view of Howard Hughes listening to the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing through a headset in Washington.

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.

Black and white image showing the entrance to the Boulder City Elementary School during its period of construction. The building, currently City Hall, is located at 401 California Avenue in Boulder City.

Howard Hughes alighting from his plane at Newark Airport after establishing a new transcontinental record.

Howard Hughes landing in the Lockheed 14 in New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes lands in New York in flight from coast New York City-- the huge Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" of Howard Hughes, oil millionaire and air speed racer, being taxied to its hangar at Floyd Bennet field here, July 4th, shortly after landing on its leisurely trip from the Pacific Coast. Hughes and his crew will take off in it next week on a flight to Paris which may be followed by a flight around the world."