Black and white image of three children reading at the Boulder City Library. The library was then housed in the basement of the city's municipal building.
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."
Illustration of Boulder City, in which many houses and neighborhoods can be seen. The caption reads: "Boulder City, Nevada. A model city built to house the workmen engaged on the Boulder Dam [later known as the Hoover Dam] Project."
Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world hop. 7-14-38. (Press Association)."