Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Home, Los Angeles, Cal. --- Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw (left to right) as they rode through the crowd-packed streets of Los Angeles during the reception -- one of the greatest and wildest the city had ever seen -- as Hughes and his four daring companions on his World-Flight arrived in the city. Credit Line (ACME). 8/2/38."
Howard Hughes receiving the Harmon Trophy from President Roosevelt in the Oval Office in Washington D.C. From left to right, the other men seen standing in the image include: Howard Hughes, being congratulated by President Roosevelt; Colonel C. W. Kenwood; W. Burke Harmon; and Charles F. Horner.