Original 1947 AP Wirephoto showing Howard Hughes testifying before the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee in Washington during its probe of wartime aircraft contracts. Hughes, seen at left holding a hearing device, faces Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan at right across a table crowded with microphones. Committee counsel William P. Rogers is seated at center, while motion-picture cameras line the rear of the hearing room. Photograph and separate original AP caption are mounted on black archival paper with period tape. Overall size approximately 8 x 8½ inches. Shows expected age, surface wear and newsroom/archive handling, including visible areas of emulsion loss. Came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
