Description printed on back of photograph: "A group at the State Department. Left to Right: Edward Lund, Harry MC. Connor, Howard Hughes, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Lt. Thomas Thurlow and Richard Stoddart. July 1938."
The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he exited his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Airfield just after performing his final landing on his Around the World flight.