Transcribed press release from back of photograph: "Howard Hughes' flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free off Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor immediately after its launching yesterday. The plane's vertical stabilizer tip rides about 80 feet above the water as the air giant floats for the first time. With Hughes at the controls, the colossal craft will get first water taxi tests today."
Looking north on the East Mall from outside Dickinson Library toward the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall and Claes Oldenburg "Flashlight" sculpture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.