Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
Boulder City, panorama of houses, view from the water tank. From this angle, building such as City Hall (left), the Boulder Theater building that contained the Boulder Dam Service Bureau (center), the Boulder Dam Hotel (right), and the Boulder Cafe/ Union Bus Terminal building (right) can be seen.