Relief shown by hachures. Title below scale: Rand McNally & Co.'s New business atlas map of Nevada. Shows railroads. Includes township and range grid. Includes index to principal cities with population statistics. Includes township and range grid. Index to Nevada counties, lakes, mountains, rivers, towns, etc. on verso. Published by Rand McNally & Co. Scale [ca. 1,710,720]. 1 in. = 27 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°). Published as page 321 of Rand-McNally indexed atlas.

Transcribed from press release attached to back of photo: "PENETRATES EARTH 16,000 FEET A surface approaching the hardness of the diamond is applied by a new atomic-hydrogen welding process to the teeth of a rock bit drill at the Hughes Tool Company plant in Houston, Texas, owned by Howard Hughes, noted aircraft designer-flyer. The first Hughes rock bit revolutionized oil drilling practices in this nation several decades ago, making possible recovery of oil beneath hard rock formations at great depths. Most recent models have penetrated the earth below 16,000 feet. Hughes drills are used in 50 foreign countries. NOTE: The atomic-hydrogen process differs from other arc-welding processes in that the arc is formed between two electrodes, rather than one electrode and the work." The patent on the atomic-hydrogen process was awarded October 29, 1929.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Text printed on accompanying paper strip: "Hughes takes off on flight to Paris. Floyd Bennett Field, New York City-- Howard Hughes, multi-millionaire speed flyer, pictured in the nose of his Hughes Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" as Hughes and his picked crew of four prepared for the take-off to Paris and probably around the world on July 10th. A few minutes after this picture was taken, the giant ship lifted from the field to follow the trail blazed by Chrales A. Lindbergh. Credit Line (ACME) 7/10/38."

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official Air Force Photo - Base Photo Branch - Holloman AFB, New Mexico"