A view of a building under construction in Boulder City, Nevada; sign reads "P. S. Webb General Contractor." A Shell service gas station can be seen in the distance.

View of downtown Boulder City, taken from the corner of the Nevada Highway and Arizona Street. The Boulder Dam Hotel, Visitors Bureau, and the Boulder Theatre are seen. Automobiles are parked along the street. The Boulder Dam Hotel is located at 1305 Arizona Street on the Cardenas Plaza, while the Boulder Dam Service Bureau, later known as the Hoover Dam Visitors Bureau, can be found at 1225 Arizona Street.

Howard Hughes (in white shirt) supervises construction of the Hughes D-2 at the Hughes Aircraft Company. in Culver City, California. The D-2 was the prototype of the XF-11.

Description given with photograph: "Fuselage of Hughes' Hercules Leaves Hangar, Culver City, Calif - Cautiously moving down the field on dollies after leaving the Culver City, Calif., plant hangar, the 200-foot hull-fuselage of Howard Hughes' Hercules is made ready for the 28-mile trip to Terminal Island, Calif., where the air giant will be assembled. NY 80 Credit Line (ACME) 6/16/46."