Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes Guest at National Press Club. Washington, D. C. -- Howard Hughes, multi-millionaire round-the-world flyer is pictured as he spoke at the National Press Club here, July 21st, where he and his four companions were guests at a luncheon of the club. Hughes and the members of his crew on the flight visited Washington to personally thank Secretary of State Cordell Hull for his assistance in the clearing of their plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/21/38."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "U. S. News Service Capital Bureau 862 Nat'l. Press Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20004 737-7227 Day 593-4447 Night".