An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

The black and white view of men assembling a truck loaded with old telephone booths for Howard Hughes arrival in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Telephone company "goes to town" for Hughes' arrival, New York City -- Something had to be done to take care of the thousands of potential telephone users who crowded Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, for the arrival of Howard Hughes and his daring crew on their dash Around the World, so the New York Telephone Company, well aware of the fact that the few phones at the field couldn't possibly accommodate, the officials, police, and spectators, "went to town" with a truck loaded with old telephone booths. A line was quickly strung and the phones in the booths on the truck were plugged in. The business was rushing and the phone company was well rewarded for its enterprise. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."

Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14 in Los Angeles, California. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes off on first leaf of flight to Paris. Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, Millionaire oil man and speed flyer, at the controls of his huge Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" as it took off from here for its leisurely flight to New York, from where Hughes and his crew will fly to Paris and perhaps around the world. 7/4/1938 Credit line (ACME)."

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.

A view of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.