Howard Hughes sitting in a car and waving at a crowd during a parade held for Hughes.

Headshot portrait of Howard Hughes in the early 1940s.

The Hughes H-1 Racer, with registration number NX 258Y painted on its rudder.

Howard Hughes, wearing a dark suit.

Description given with photo: "Non-Stop Los Angeles - New York Flight Inaugurated New York -- View of the crowd around the "Star of California" waiting for passengers -- most of them after it landed at LaGuardia Airport Feb. 15. Piloted by Howard Hughes, famed Around-The-World record holder and a TWA executive, the flight in-augurated non-stop schedule between Los Angeles and New York. The TWA Constellation made the trip in 8 hours and 38 minutes, as compared with the record of 7 hours, 27 minutes. Credit (ACME) 2/15/46."

Howard Hughes checking the instrument panel of the HK-1 Hughes Flying Boat (400,000 pound, 24,000 horsepower airplane) with his crew before the taxi tests, at Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor.

Photograph of Howard Hughes standing next to a table with an unidentified man. The two are looking over a sheet of paper Hughes is holding. They are possibly on a film set.