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."

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Leaving City Hall - 7/15/38. (Daily News)."

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes and his four companions honored at the National Press Club. Howard Hughes is speaking, with Mayor La Guardia and Secretary of State Cordell Hull at lower right. July 1938."

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Fete, Hughes, and crew at Luncheon. Left to right at the head of the table are Harry P. Connor, navigator of the Hughes plane, Grover Whalen, Howard hughes, Mayor Fiorello Laguardia of New York City, Thomas Thurlow, Navigator, Richard Stoddart, radio engineer, and Edward Lund, flight engineer. At the bottom center of the photo is William Randolph Hearst, Jr., son of the publisher. 7/15/38"

Typed onto the back of the image: "New York welcomes Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes and Mayor La Guardia in car. 7/15/38."

Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of ranch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada.

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

Preliminary drawing of front exterior elevation of a ranch-style residential home in Boulder City, Nevada.

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist