Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes, lifting his plane and headed for Wichita, Kansas, on the first leg of his flight to Newark, N.J. from where he will hop-off for Paris."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "U. S. News Service Capital Bureau 862 Nat'l. Press Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20004 737-7227 Day 593-4447 Night".
The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft after performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on back of photograph: "General view of welcoming ceremony. 7/14/1938"