Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Faved Flyer Visits Washington - Wash, D.C. - Photo shows the crowd pressing forward for a glimpse of Howard Hughes, well known sportsman flyer, as he arrived at Washington Airport in an American Airliner. Photo Credit ACME. 7-21-38. New York Bureau."
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".