Description given with photo: "Flying Boat Takes Off - Pedro, Calif. : With all eight motors roaring, Howard Hughes' giant plywood flying boat skims across the surface of Los Angeles harbor at 95 miles per hour on November 2nd. Shortly afterward, Hughes lifted the plane into the air for an unscheduled half-mile flight. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Handwritten on verso: "L-R: Mrs. Howard Cannon; Senator Cannon; Mr. ? Gottchalk - Dem Comitee Member - Carson; John Koontz". Stamped on verso: "John J Nulty Photographer 230 Tahoe Drive Carson City, Nevada Tel. GR. 2-2603"