The black and white view of Howard Hughes being surrounded by crowds and the press in front of his Lockheed 14 aircraft.

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Chicago crowd greeting Howard Hughes when he arrived there."

A view of crowds and the press at a parade for Howard Hughes celebrating the flyer's completion of his Round-The-World trip in Chicago.

An up close view of Howard Hughes at a banquet held for him in the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

A view of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man walking outside at Le Bourget Airfield.

The black and white view of Howard Hughes surrounded by people in Paris, France. Text printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes after arriving at Paris to complete the first leg of a round-the-world flight. 7-11-38."

Crowd of people watching Howard Hughes arrive at the Washington Airport in Washington D.C. to thank Cordell Hull for the State Department's co-operation of Hughes' Round the World flight.