Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes arriving at New York City Hall. 7/15/38."

37 x 49 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Atlas sheet no. 69(B)." "Issued Jan'y 8th 1878." "Expeditions of 1874-1875 & 1877 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. "Weyss, Lang & Herman, del." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War." "Under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." Original publisher: U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1: 253440.

Howard Hughes in cockpit of Lockheed-14 before take-off from Floyd Bennet Field in New York.

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Scene at Floyd Bennett Airport this evening shortly before the big Lockheed special monoplane New York World's Fair 1939 took off on a transatlantic flight to Paris, carrying Howard Hughes an a crew of four."

The black and white view of members of the Aeronautical Association awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes and his Lockheed 12 aircraft at the Floyd Bennett Airport in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Official timers of Aeronautical Association compare their precision chronometers as Lockheed-14 roars overhead, marking end of Round-the-World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport." Typed onto a second piece of paper also attached to the image: "Official timers of the Aeronautical Association shown at Floyd Bennett Field comparing their precision chronometers as Howard Hughes' plane roared overhead marking the end of his Flight Around The World. July 1938."

The black and white view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York.

The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York.