The black and white view of a crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes' completion of his Round the World flight in New York City, New York.
The Publications series dates from 1938 to 1984 and contains published works by Joanne de Longchamps, as well as poetry magazines in which she made notes on poems by other authors. It includes photocopies of her published poems, journals, anthologies, and books.
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Fete, Hughes, and crew at Luncheon. Left to right at the head of the table are Harry P. Connor, navigator of the Hughes plane, Grover Whalen, Howard hughes, Mayor Fiorello Laguardia of New York City, Thomas Thurlow, Navigator, Richard Stoddart, radio engineer, and Edward Lund, flight engineer. At the bottom center of the photo is William Randolph Hearst, Jr., son of the publisher. 7/15/38"
Materials contain photographs of J. T. McWilliams and the McWilliams family from 1930 to 1938. McWilliams was a surveyor and civil engineer who founded the original Las Vegas townsite (McWilliams Town). He also owned a portion of Lee Canyon, which he donated to become a public park.
The view of a crowd standing outside City Hall while Howard Hughes and his crew get their picture taken in celebration of Hughes' completion of his Round the World flight in New York City, New York.