Original 1947 AP Wirephoto showing Howard Hughes surrounded by reporters during the Senate investigation into his wartime aircraft contracts. The attached caption identifies the scene as Washington, D.C., August 11, 1947, after a Senate War Investigating Committee hearing concerning Hughes' government plane contracts. A strong candid image capturing Hughes at the center of a crowd of reporters and photographers during one of the most publicized congressional investigations of the postwar era. Measures approximately 9½" x 6¾". 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.
