Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes landing at Fairbanks 8:18 p.m. after flight from Moscow in 12 hrs., 17 mins. - distance 2457 mi. Distance flown from New York: 11, 188 mi. Elapsed time from New York, 72 hrs., 58 min. Flight time, 54 hrs., 39 min."
From the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Photograph Collection (PH-00152) -- On the back it reads, "Groundbreaking for new church." From left to right on the foreground is Rev. E.A Wessel, Pastor with plans in hand and Mayor E.W. Cragin turning over the first spadeful of dirt. Left to right in the background is City Commissioner Aruthur F. Smith, Jr., George E. Franklin (the contractor), Mrs. Matilda Bergrren, Mrs. Lloyd Powell, Mrs. Albert Hermenjat, Lloyd Powell (President of the Church), Aloysius Mcdonald, (the architect). Photo from the review journal.
Inscription with image reads: "View of the "Lake", the trip eight-meter racing boat recently launched on Lake Mead by its owners, Messrs. Breese of Chicago and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Jasper Morgan, boat designer. The owners are enthusiastic over possibilities of numbers of similar sailing craft being launched on Lake Mead in the future. Photo by Bureau of Rec."
The marquee of the Palace Theater in New York, New York. Grace Hayes' name is on the marquee. "Henry Deloval Green Photography Merchandise Mart" stamp on back of photo.