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 the Lockheed 14 aircraft taking off on a part of Howard Hughes' Around the World flight. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes take-off at 9:36 p.m. after 1 hr., 18 min. Fairbanks, Alaska."
The photograph depicts D.C. McSweeney, Nevada Assemblywoman Eileen Brookman and Nevada Senator Howard Cannon on the right. The photo was taken on March 15, 1978; location is unspecified. The picture is autographed to Eileen by Cannon. The inscriptions says: "To Eileen - with very best wishes. Howard Cannon, U.S.S. Nev."