Note: Illustration on front cover copyrighted and published by Ph. Hake, New York Restaurant: New Waverly Location: Park Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph Combat Information Bureau No. 111 Marine Amphibious Force, BMF FPO San Francisco, Calif. 98601"
Howard Hughes (second from the right) standing with other unidentified men near his plane in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles.
The black and white, overhead view of Howard Hughes and his crew after completing his Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "On hand to welcome Hughes and his gallant crew New York City-- Looking down on a segment of the huge crowd that gathered at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to greet the arrival of Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four at the end of their record-smashing flight around the world. The tops of the cars jamming the parking spaces were used as coigns of vantage. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"