Description given with photo: "Hughes Flying Boat - Port bow in dry dock at Terminal Island. Howard Hughes and Jack Jerman on platform in background. Long Beach, Cal."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "George de Vincent Photographer 2311 Calvert Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Telephone 232-5855."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "George de Vincent Photographer 2311 Calvert Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20008 Telephone 232-5855."
The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he stands before a microphone after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York.
Standing from left to right are John D. Home (Department of Communications of the American Legion), Howard Hughes (Managing Director of Production of RKO), and Edward Underwood (Department of Communications of Hollywood American Legion Motion Picture Post #43), in the late 1950s.