The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"
The up close view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of people at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Escorted through crowd- 7/14/38 (Daily News)"
The view of a crowd of people watch Howard Hughes walk through Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "A scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world hop. 7-14-38 (Press Association)."
The view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of attendees at the World's Fair in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Press Headquarters at field where Hughes ended flight. New York City-- The Press Headquarters set up under a huge tent at Floyd Bennett Field by the New York World's Fair for the use of newspapermen "covering" the landing of Howard Hughes and his crew after their record-smashing flight around the world. Part of the great throng that welcomed the gallant fliers mills around in front of the tent. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"
Interior of a plane showing communications equipment, undated. Written across the image reads: "Rotating loop column with aximuth" "Scale for radio compass bearing" "Radio compass AC Type E-4A with receiver type I99" "Radio compass AC Type E-4 with receiver type 192" "compass indicator" "2 Tuning controls" and "calibration chart - radio compass."
Interior of a plane showing equipment, undated. Inscriptions on image read: "selector valve for outboard oil tanks" and "wobble pump from cabin oil tank to engine oil tank."
Interior of plane showing fuel tanks, undated. Inscriptions on image read: "oil 75 gals" "upper right fuel 180 gals" "lower left fuel 180 gals" and "lower right fuel 180 gals." Other inscriptions at the bottom of the image are difficult to read due to darkness of photo.