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".
Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes, lifting his plane and headed for Wichita, Kansas, on the first leg of his flight to Newark, N.J. from where he will hop-off for Paris."
Incorporating iconic New York symbolism with commercial architecture, the New York New York hotel and casino along the Las Vegas Strip presents an "only in Vegas" tourist attraction complete with a Statue of Liberty replica, seen here reflected in the water surrounding the feature. Coins tossed in by tourists provide the star affect.