Description given with photo: "Power Lines Removed for Giant Flying Boat Hawthorne, Calif. -- Pacific Electric workers remove power lines in the way of Howard Hughes' 220-foot-long Flying Boat fuselage as it inches its way as Hawthorne, Calif., enroute to plane assembly as Terminal Island, Calif. The gigantic hull requires highway clearance of 40 feet. NY Credit (ACME) 6/16/46."
The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he stands before a microphone after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York.