Women's Air Derby contestant's planes sit at the Paul Cox Airport in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. A year before entering the contest, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart was credited as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Earhart worked diligently as an advocate for female pilots.
Creator
IWASM
Source
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Publisher
Paul Black
Date
ca. 1929
Contributor
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
This cut-out picture of Amelia Earhart, taken by Jake Coolidge was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Publisher
Amelia Earhart: Image and Icon, by Kristen Lubben and Erin Barnett, page 55. Part of the "Lady Lindy" series.
Date
June 1928
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
This cut-out affixed to card stock shows a full picture of Earhart posing in her leather coat and hat.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Publisher
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart, by Mary S. Love, page 199.
Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, by Susan Ware, page 17.
Date
1928
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
This cut-out of Earhart in her leather coat was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Earhart relaxes at home during the Christmas holidays in 1935.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
December 1935
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Amelia Earhart poses on the tail of her Lockheed Electra for photographer Albert L. Bresnik.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Amelia Earhart puts on her parachute with the help of her husband, George Putnam in front of her Beechnut Autogyro. The coveralls that Earhart wears in this picture were donated to the Ninety-Nines by Lauretta Schimmoler, who had received them from Margot DeCarie, Amelia's personal secretary. They were later donated to International Women's Air and Space Museum in 1971. Earhart had designed the coveralls herself.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Publisher
Amelia Earhart: Image and Icon, by Kristen Lubben and Erin Barnett, page 103.
Date
29 May 1931
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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A well-dressed and smiling Earhart stands talking to an unknown man in an art gallery.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Amelia Earhart sits on a piece of luggage with fellow female pilot Helen Richey sitting in the door of an airplane. The pair are modeling light luggage that was designed for air travel by Earhart herself.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
This cut-out of Amelia Earhart's portrait was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Publisher
The 99 News, Volume 13, No 7, July 1987.
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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This cut-out of Amelia Earhart's profile portrait was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Earhart stands gazing off in her flying gear in New York, New York.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
This cut-out of Amelia Earhart's portrait was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
On 2 July 1966 a bronze plaque inscribed with the first two versus of Earhart's poem "Courage is the Price" was placed at the top of a mountain in Yosemite National Park. Rocketdyne Mountaineering Club member Gordon Palmer had chosen this mountain to be named after Amelia Earhart. The photo display pictured here is of Earhart and the club responsible for her mountain memorization. It was later displayed at Burbank Air show on 17-18 September 1966.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
1966
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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The Rocketdyne Mountaineering Club of Pasadena dedicated the bronze plaque atop Mount Amelia Earhart on 3 July 1966. The plaque is inscribed with the first two versus of a poem written by Earhart called "Courage is the Price."
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
January 1967
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Mount Amelia Earhart was dedicated to the record-breaking pilot on 3 July 1966. The mountain is in Yosemite National Park and reaches a height of 12,000 feet.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
January 1967
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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U.S.A.F. Command Pilot Major Joe Gervais researched Earhart’s disappearance. He eventually proposed the theory that she had survived, moved to New Jersey, and adopted the name Mrs. Irene Craigmile Bolam.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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This newspaper clipping shows Earhart's cousin receiving a photograph of the Rocketdyne Mountaineering Club of Pasadena, California. The club had dedicated a plaque to be placed at the top of Mount Amelia Earhart on 3 July 1966.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Commander Williams assisted in navigating and preparing charts for Amelia Earhart’s attempt to fly around the world.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
1938
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Earhart sits on the ground next to a plane talking to two men. A third man is visible inside the plane, possibly doing some mechanical work.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Earhart poses next to a speed limit sign on a seemingly windy, cold day.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Earhart spends time tending to her garden at her home in North Hollywood, California.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
June 1936
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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Earhart stands with an unknown woman with her plane close by.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Date
12 February 1935
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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George Putnam (left) and Navy captain Harry Manning (center) stand with an unknown man on Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra.
Creator
IWASM
Source
Margot DeCarie Collection, International Women's Air & Space Museum
Contributor
Heidi Fearing
Rights
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