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Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes and his crew arriving at the City Hall after their Round-The-World flight. July 1938."

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "New York welcoming Howard Hughes - close-up inside City Hall. 7/15/38."

A crowd of people around a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy military transport aircraft during an open house at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The nose of the plane is open for visitors to walk in. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)

Description given with photo: "102,266 - Watch Your Credit - International News Photo. Slug - (Slack-Flanagan-Hughes) War Probers Subpoenaed Hughes' Private Papers, Washington, D.C. Senate War Investigating Committee counsel Francis Flanagan, center, is shown as he presented a subpoena issued by sub-committee chairman Homer Ferguson, (R) of Mich., directing Howard Hughes, right, to produce all private records connected with the Hughes wartime aircraft contract inquiry. Thomas A. Slack, counsel for Hughes, is at left. -INP Photo by G.B. Kress- 8/8/47."

Description given with photo: "Hughes Alone As Probers Recess Till Fall, Washington, D.C. - Plane builder Howard Hughes, above, sat alone in the normally jam-packed senate caucus room today after war investigating sub-committee chairman Homer Ferguson, (R) of Mich., announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November 17, 1947. Hughes, shown checking his private papers, wrathfully termed the postponement action by the sub-committee chairman as "ridiculous." -INP Photo by A.E. Scott- 8/11/47."

Handwritten text on back of photo: "Auction sale of lots. Clarks Townsite, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 15 & 16th 1905. Tall man in shirt sleeves, standing on platform is C.O. Whittemore, Attorney for Salt Lake R.R. Short man on his left, with broad brim had on, is Ferd K. Rule, Treasurer of Salt Lake R.R. Man on his left with hat on and wearing black neck tie is Frank A. Watters, Roadmaster, Salt Lake R.R. Man with mustache, standing on ground on extreme right is Mr. Towner. (Original owner of Indian Springs Ranch) It was 110 Degrees in the shade of the old mesquite tree where auction took place, between present Freight Depot and Main Street -- near Woodards Down Town Camp. Heavy set man with white mustache standing on the ground is Mark Weight, Mayor of Pasadena California, 1905."

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. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: ""The End of Hughes' Record-Smashing World Flight, New York City: Howard hughes' giant Lockheed taxiing down the runway at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14, at the end of the record-smashing flight around the world. The plane came to a rest at the field with Hughes and his picked crew of four just 3 days, 19 hours, and 14 minutes after it had taken off from the field on its flight around the world. Credit line (ACME). 7/14/38. IA For.""