Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
The black and white view of a crowd of people gathering to greet Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Field Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "HH-101 NY-101. Here are thousands who greeted Howard Hughes and his crew after completing Round the World Flight at Bennett Field Airport. 7-14-38 (Press Association)."
The black and white view of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Text printed on accompanying paper strip: "Hughes takes off on flight to Paris. Floyd Bennett Field, New York City-- Howard Hughes, multi-millionaire speed flyer, pictured in the nose of his Hughes Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" as Hughes and his picked crew of four prepared for the take-off to Paris and probably around the world on July 10th. A few minutes after this picture was taken, the giant ship lifted from the field to follow the trail blazed by Chrales A. Lindbergh. Credit Line (ACME) 7/10/38."
Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.
A bird's eye view of Boulder City, Nevada. Postcard addressed to Mrs. Ralph Owens in Callery, Kansas with a handwritten message on back which reads: "Dear Sis, Here we are in Boulder City, Nev. Just went through the dam. Am having the time of my life. Intend to make Los Angeles by night (Tues?). Write you again, Gladys and Verna."
Boulder City, panorama of houses, view from the water tank. The Boulder Theater building that contains the Boulder Dam Service Bureau and the Boulder Dam Hotel can both bee seen in the center of the picture.
From Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367). Inscribed on the image is "Riviera dei Fiori - San Remo - Panorama da levante". Which translates to "River of Flowers - San Remo - Panorama from the east"