Wilbur Clark facing camera at round table, center at a formal dinner at the Astor Hotel, New York City, 1958. (credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC).
Transcribed from back of photo: "Howard Hughes (in cockpit) warms up the XF-11 for its initial test flight. It is one of the world's fastest long-range photographic planes, July 7, 1946."
Description given with photo: "Hughes' "Hercules" Ready For Tests, Long Beach, Cal. -- An aerial view shows Howard Hughes' giant plywood seaplane "Hercules" ready for taxi tests at Long Beach. The initial flight of the plane, which cost $20,000,000 and will seat 700 persons, will not be attempted until early in 1947. #1 MGS for Credit. ACME. 10/13/46."
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes talks over refueling at Minneapolis with a Northwest Airlines attendant."
Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes inspects his machine on arrival at Le Bourget, France, on his round-the-world flight."
The black and white view of a crowd of people gathering to greet Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "17. Rail birds, part of crowd that waited all nite. International news. (Evening Herald)."