A trophy modeled for display after the Hughes Tool Company hard formation rock bit type R-1. The drill bit was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded.
An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. Boys dressed reminiscently of America's Founding Fathers are paired with girls in patterned dresses.
Howard Hughes giving a news Conference beside his airplane after landing in New York. This was his first flight after the nearly fatal XF-11 prototype crash in 1946.