Colette Marchand (front center, wearing dark skirt) Vassili Sulich (front center, in striped jacket) and other dancers performing in the ballet "Suite New Yorkaise." Show Name: Suite New Yorkaise (ballet)
Tessa Beaumont as Roxane and Vassili Sulich as Christian in the ballet "Cyrano de Bergerac," choreographed by Roland Petit, Paris, France. Costumes by Yves Saint Laurent. Show Name: Cyrano de Bergerac (ballet)
Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes reading maps and studying his way in the meteorological office at the Le Bourget. July 1938"
Description written on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes is shown checking his plane at Paris before leaving for Moscow on the second leg of his round the world flight 7-11-38"
Description printed on accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes inspects his machine on arrival at Le Bourget, France, on his round-the-world flight."
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes is appointed Aeronautic Adviser to the New York Worlds Fair 1939 by Grover Whalen, its president."