Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and his crew of globe girdlers (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, Ed Lund, Albert Lodwick, Hughes, Harry Connor and Dick Stoddart. 8-1-38. (Press Association)." Howard Hughes is standing third from right.
Howard Hughes leaving his private hangar as he is wished "happy landings" and well wishes by friends before he boards his speedy Lockheed plane at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
The black and white view of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Just before world fliers landed, Floyd Bennett Airport, N.Y. -- A small army of policemen pictured on the runway here shortly before Howard Hughes and his four companions landed, ending their Round-The-World flight. Note newsreel photographers on the right. In the background is the tent from which Hughes and his fellow fliers spoke to a vast radio audience. Credit line (ACME) 7(3/4)/14/38."
The black and white, skyline view of New York City with Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground. Typed onto script included with the image: "Howard Hughes plane Lockheed 14 in flight over lower New York City. To right in the background can be seen New York City's three bridges of the lower East River from front to rear: the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge."