Description given with photo: "Before Hughes Took Off For New York, Los Angeles, Calif. - Multi-millionaire movie producer and aviator Howard Hughes is shown in front of this B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York Sept. 10th. Hughes, piloting the plane, landed at Kansas City to rest before continuing with the flight. He is the seal of approval on a film he made. Creditline (ACME) 9/11/46."
Fleming Ballew Hubbard and Ida Mae Conklin Hubbard, seated next to turned up chair, with other unidentified people at a J. C. Penney Convention held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.