The grayscale view of a crane from the Lewis Construction Company digging streets in Boulder City, Nevada. The sign on the side of the crane reads: "Lewis Constr. Co."
An image of Nevada Way, a street in Boulder City. Cars are parked outside various stores lining the street, such as a Dodge Plymouth garage and a Texaco gas station.
Howard Hughes is sitting on the ground examining an architectural drawing of the Hughes Culver City plant. There is a section on "Intake Duct Body Plan."
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."