Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Members of the Howard Hughes flight around the world are (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; Ed Lund, mechanic and H. P. Connor, co-navigator, as they rode in the welcoming parade in New York City 7-15-38."
Black and white image of two books displays ("Old Friends" and "New Friends")at the Boulder City Library. The library was then housed in the basement of the city's municipal building.