A view of the first passenger plane equipped with radar that Howard Hughes is flying in Culver City, California.

A view of Howard Hughes attending an informal press conference in Culver City, California, after Hughes left the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing in Washington.

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of ra anch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada. Handwritten near lower right: "Elevations only for Plan 1 (1B, 1C, 1D), Plan 2 (2B, 2C, 2D), Plan 4 (4B, 4C, 4D), Plan 5 (5B, 5C, 5D)."

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

A view of Howard Hughes installing a radar safety system for passenger planes in Culver City, California.

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Contemplative smile. Here, Howard Hughes seems in rapt thought during one of the numerous speeches extolling his feat. Probably thinking of the "men who designed and perfected to its present remarkable state of efficiency, the modern American flying machine and equipment." (The quote is from his own official statement to the press.) Credit Lines (ACME) 7/15/38."