Description written on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes is shown checking his plane at Paris before leaving for Moscow on the second leg of his round the world flight 7-11-38"
A view of Howard Hughes sitting with Al Lodwick and two unidentified men in the back of a car, likely being driven to a New York hotel, after landing the Lockheed 14 at Floyd Bennett Field.
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Hughes thanks State Department for Co-operation. Washington, D. C. -- Howard Hughes (left), with Jesse Hones (right), Chairman of the RFC, leaving the State Department here, July 21, after Hughes personally thanked Secretary of State Cordell hull for the cooperation of the State Department in clearing Hughes departure in the round-the-world record flight. Credit Line (ACEM) 7/21/38."