Howard Hughes (wearing hat) receives congratulations from Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at Floyd Bennett Airport in Brooklyn. The gentleman wearing a polka dot bow tie, standing behind the mayor is Grover Whalen. Mr. Whalen was president of the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Label on back: KNPR Public Radio Presentation to City Commission, July 21, 1982; Left to right: Commissioner Roy Woofter, Commissioner Ron Lurie, Mayor Bill Briare, Lamar Marchese (KNPR), Commissioner Al Levy and Commissioner Paul Christensen
A view of Howard Hughes (left) being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (right), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California.
Text typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes strutting across a New York hotel lobby after completing a Round The World flight. 7-15-38. (Press Association)."