The black and white view of Howard Hughes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes talks over refueling at Minneapolis with a Northwest Airlines attendant."
Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes tests the Hughes plane. Seattle--Howard Hughes (right), millionaire aviation enthusiast and record holder, shown with Edmund T. Allen, Boeing test engineer, before they made a recent test flight in a Boeing-built Stratoliner. The huge machine was equipped with extra fuel tanks for the test. Hughes did not reveal the reasons for his interest in the four-motored, 30 passenger plane, designed for substratosphere flight."
The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Description written on the back of the photograph: "Like a Bouncing Ball, Howard Hughes landed at Minneapolis at 7:30 a.m., quickly refueled, and has off for New York at 8:11 a.m."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Left to right are R. W. Notti (Assistant City Manager), A. H. Kennedy (City Manager), Cannon, Shirley Ballinger (City Clerk), Mayor C. D. Baker, Commissioner E. W. Fountain, Commissioner Reed Whipple, Commissioner Harris P. Sharp, and Commissioner Wendell Bunker.
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)"