Members of the Rockwell family on the Chemung River near Elmira, New York. Leon Rockwell sits in a rowboat as two women step into the boat. Two boys with a rowboat are seen in the background. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Mother, Aunt Jessie; Floyd and Earl; myself 1902."
Description given with photo: "Surprise To Everyone - San Pedro, Calif. : Millionaire planemaker Howard Hughes is surrounded by members of the press after successfully taking his 200-ton flying boat into the air in a surprise flight during initial taxi tests in Los Angeles harbor. Credit (ACME) 11/5/47."
Standing from left to right are John D. Home (Department of Communications of the American Legion), Howard Hughes (Managing Director of Production of RKO), and Edward Underwood (Department of Communications of Hollywood American Legion Motion Picture Post #43), in the late 1950s.
Description given with photo: "Losing Money on Flying Boat, Says Hughes, Culver City, Calif.: Howard Hughes (center, facing camera) makes his first appearance before the press since the start of the senate investigation into his multi-million dollar plane contracts. Hughes said the government is getting its $18,000,000 worth out of his big, eight-engined flying boat but he's losing money. the plane has yet to be flown. Credit (ACME). 7-30-47."
Members of the Rockwell family with friends or relatives in a boat or in the water on the Chemung River near Elmira, New York. Handwritten on back of photograph: "1902 Chemung River, Elmira, NY. Leon R., (Ducky) Orrie Drake, Mother Rockwell, Aunt Jessie, the White girls and their parents Bessie and ----."
View of construction of one of the wings of the Hughes Flying Boat in a hangar at the Hughes Aircraft Company, June 1, 1945. Scaffolding is seen underneath the wing.
Howard Hughes after breaking his own cross-country speed record, January 19, 1937. Inscription with image reads: "Howard Hughes at Newark Airport. 1/37." For more information, see Image 0373 0241 whh000519.