Note: Menu includes song lyrics to "America" Menu insert: Song Lyrics Restaurant: Burnet House (Cincinnati, Ohio) Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Letter to his mother. There is a list of photographs by number with a description of each. He briefly addressed the festivities of July 4th, including the fact that there were no fireworks because of the high risk of fires.
Description given with photo: "Before Surprise Flight, Long Beach, Calif.: No longer land-locked, Howard Hughes' 200-ton flying boat, world's largest plane, rides free in Los Angeles harbor after being floated for the first time. The builder and pilot later took the controversial plane into the air for a surprise one-mile flight during taxing trials. Credit (ACME) 11-3-47."
Note: Bound with light blue cord with tassels; embossed silver decorations on cover Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Cannon Street Hotel Location: London, England
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being placed in dock on Terminal Island. Stamped on back of photo: "Hughes Aircraft Photo" and the date "Jun 15 1946." Los Angeles Harbor, Terminal Island are now known as Long Beach.