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.
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Signal Division File #USMA-64-1996 NR West Point New York 25 May 64 - Photo by Mr Murphy". Stamped on verso: "Please give credit as 'U.S. Army Photograph'"
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Las Vegas News Bureau - Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center - Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer"
A view of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Howard Hughes, and California Governor Frank Merriam (left to right) dining together at a banquet for Howard Hughes in Los Angeles, California.