Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."
Howard Hughes (right) and Earl Martyn inside of the HK-1, Hughes Flying Boat, which was near completion on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Hughes Flying Boat, also called the Spruce Goose, was the largest plane in the world.
Note: Menu is folded to be mailed as a postcard, with space for a message, address and stamp. Addressed to "Mr. John Bohn, The Hotel World, Chicago." Inside of menu has pop-up illustrations of "Father Time" (1908) and a cherub with arrows pointing towards the the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909). Toasts to the old and new years and lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne" are printed inside. Music program included; music by Schmidt's Orchestra. Champagne list included. Back of the menu features photographs of buildings at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, "ready June first, 1909." Menu insert: Toasts; Wine lists; Song Lyrics Restaurant: Hotel Butler Café Location: Seattle, Washington, United States