The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to this image: "This crowd gathered at Floyd Bennett Airport to watch Howard Hughes take off on his flight to Paris with a crew of four. New York, New York."
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Howard Cannon, Alan Bible, United States Air Force Major H. J. Stewart, United States Navy Captain C. W. Smith, United States Navy Captain W. W. Schweer, and United States Marine Corps Colonel F. R. Wilkinson (individuals' places are unidentified).