Description given with photo: "Float Hughes Flying Boat, San Pedro, Calif.: Water pours into Howard Hughes' mammoth drydock as the millionaire plane builder prepares to float his giant plywood flying boat on November 1st. The nose of the 200-ton craft can be seen at right. In upper right are three of the four right wind engines. Credit Line (ACME) 11/04/47."

A view of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: ""Just one more shot' Floyd Bennett Airport-- A corps of cameramen on the run in an effort to get just one more shot of Howard Hughes. As the millionaire flier left the field in an automobile, shortly after he and his four companions landed, ending their dramatic round-the-world dash. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38"

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Home, Los Angeles, Cal. --- Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw (left to right) as they rode through the crowd-packed streets of Los Angeles during the reception -- one of the greatest and wildest the city had ever seen -- as Hughes and his four daring companions on his World-Flight arrived in the city. Credit Line (ACME). 8/2/38."