Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."
Howard Hughes leaving his private hangar as he is wished "happy landings" and well wishes by friends before he boards his speedy Lockheed plane at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California.
An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. Boys dressed reminiscently of America's Founding Fathers are paired with girls in patterned dresses.