A Formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York City, 1958. Wilbur Clark is located at the center of the picture, leaning his elbow on the table to the right. (Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC.)
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Checking damages of plane on arrival at Le Bourget. Le Bourget-- The thoroughness with which he planned the flight and carried it through was still with Howard Hughes when the millionaire flyer and his four companions arrived at Le Bourget, after a record smashing flight across the Atlantic. Hughes is shown here, examining the tail of his plane, just after landing, The tail was damaged slightly. After repairs were made, the fliers took off for Moscow."