From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official photograph United States Air Force Air Force Flight Test Center Edwards Air Force Base, Calif."
Description given with photo: "Hughes Flying Boat - Port bow in dry dock at Terminal Island. Howard Hughes and Jack Jerman on platform in background. Long Beach, Cal."
Description given with photo: "Prepare to Move "Hercules" Wing, Culver City, Calif. -- One of the two 34-ton wing sections of Howard Hughes' eight-engined Hercules, world's largest flying boat, is put on house-moving dollies in Culver City, Calif., before beginning the 28-mile journey to Los Angeles Harbor, where the mammoth airplane will be assembled for its first test flight, supposedly around the first of the year. A two-day trip will see the wing- 19 feet high, 49 feet wide, 160 feet long - at the $200,000 graving dock at Terminal Island, Calif., which was built specifically for the assembly of the craft. Note comparative size of men working on the wind. Credit (ACME). 6-12-46."
The chairman of the State Parks Commission sits in a fireplace at Diana's Punchbowl, a natural spring in Nevada, also known as the Devil's Cauldron. "1." is written in the bottom left corner of the photo.
The chairman of the State Parks Commission stands next to a fireplace at Diana's Punchbowl. Diana's Punchbowl, also known as the Devil's Cauldron, is a natural spring in Nevada. "3." is written at the bottom left corner of the photo.