December 1975. Proof sheet of Vassili, Nancy Houssels, Donald Baepler, and unidentified woman. Large photo on reverse. Looking at a model of Artemus Ham Hall(?)
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes and his crew of globe girdlers (L-to-R) Thomas Thurlow, Ed Lund, Albert Lodwick, Hughes, Harry Connor and Dick Stoddart. 8-1-38. (Press Association)." Howard Hughes is standing third from the left.
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Chicago Cheers Hughes and Companions, Chicago -- Howard Hughes, leader of the quintet that flew Around the World in 3 days, 19 hours, and Mayor Edward J. Kelly, of Chicago, riding at the head of the parade that the city staged in honor of Hughes and his four companions. Credit Lines (ACME) 7/30/38. (NY)."
From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). From Slides #1550 through 1557. Newspaper title text: "U.S. Confirms a Plan to Halt Talks on a Nuclear Test Ban".
Note: Illustration copyrighted 1883 and published by Baldwin & Gleason New York, A-204 Restaurant: Exchange Hotel (Frankenmuth, Mich.) Location: 102 to 114 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Michigan, United States