Original 1947 AP Wirephoto showing aviation pioneer Howard Hughes using an earphone while testifying before a Senate subcommittee investigating his government aircraft contracts. The attached caption identifies the scene as taking place in Washington, D.C. during the highly publicized congressional inquiry into Hughes' wartime plane contracts. A strong image showing Hughes seated before a bank of microphones during one of the most famous political and business investigations of the postwar era. Measures approximately 7¼" x 9". This photograph originated from a large newspaper archive assembled and retained by a Pennsylvania newspaper near Pittsburgh. Mounted on black scrapbook paper from the archive with the original AP Wirephoto caption attached beneath the image. Please see photos.
