The black and white view of Hiram "Tommy" Thurlow and the Lockheed 14 aircraft in New York, New York. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Readying Hughes' plane for Paris flight. New York City-- Mechanics hastened to put Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 monoplane in shape for a flight from Floyd Bennett Airport here, to Paris. Motor trouble forced postponement and helpers were working under injunction to have the ship ready for a takeoff "at the earliest possible moment," July 9. Photo shows: Lieut, Thomas A. Thurlow, navigator, calibrating compass on plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/9/1938."

View of construction of one of the wings of the Hughes Flying Boat in a hangar at the Hughes Aircraft Company, June 1, 1945. Scaffolding is seen underneath the wing.

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Chicago crowd greeting Howard Hughes when he arrived there. 7-29-38"

Howard Hughes standing in the doorway of his plane and shaking the hand of an unidentified individual amongst a crowd of men at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes sitting in an unidentified plane surrounded by unnamed people in Glendale, California. Printed on a paper included with the photograph: "Howard Hughes is shown at Glendale, Calif., after a nonstop flight from Chicago. (Press Association) (H.H. 16)."