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."

Photograph of a newspaper featuring Howard Hughes and the paths he traveled for his Around The World flight.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew exiting the Lockheed 14 aircraft after they performed the final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Crowds jammed on field around Hughes' plane New York City-- Police holding back part of the wildly cheering crowd of 30,000 persons from the plane of Howard Hughes after Hughes and his crew of four had landed the faint Lockheed at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, after the record-smashing 3 day, 19 hour, 14 minute flight around the world. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"

Howard Hughes (center sitting up in car) in a parade in Houston, Texas in 1938.

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and crew in parade up Broadway after record-breaking world flight. New York, New York."

Crowd of people watching Howard Hughes arrive at the Washington Airport in Washington D.C. to thank Cordell Hull for the State Department's co-operation of Hughes' Round the World flight.

A view of the near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11 in Culver City, California.