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Earhart looks through binoculars while standing on her Lockheed Electra with Harry Manning, captain of the S.S. United States.

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.

In 1935, Earhart and husband George Putnam bought a house in Taluca Lake, North Hollywood, CA. Here we see the couple (right) standing in front of their new home, which was in the process of being extensively renovated.

Earhart and husband George Putnam pose together in an arch in Rye, New York. The couple moved to the east coast after their marriage in 1931 where they stayed until moving to California a few years later.

In mid March 1937, Earhart departed from California on her first attempt to fly around the world. With her are Paul Mantz, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan.

Amelia's first attempt at a a world-round voyage ended after her plane landed in Hawaii and was seen to be in need of serious repair. Here she is seen after her plane landed on the island.

Stunt and racing pilot Paul Mantz is seen standing with Amelia Earhart. The pair are pictured waiting for the start of the Bendix Trophy Race of 1934. The race started in Burbank, California and ended in Cleveland, Ohio. That same year Mantz…

Earhart poses next to a speed limit sign on a seemingly windy, cold day.

Amelia with Ruth McCracken (left) and Sue Grant (right) at Lake Erie College.

Earhart stands with an unknown woman with her plane close by.

Earhart stands looking at the scenery at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. The beautiful hotel is still in operation.

This portrait of Earhart, included in a collection kept by her secretary, Margot DeCarie, also appeared on the cover of The 99 News, Volume 13, No 7, July 1987.

Earhart spends time tending to her garden at her home in North Hollywood, California.

Earhart is seen holding papers and telegrams in Londonderry, Northern Ireland after her first solo transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Culmore, Ireland.

A well-dressed and smiling Earhart stands talking to an unknown man in an art gallery.

In May 1931, Earhart took off from Newark, NJ on her first transcontinental autogiro tour. The autogiro craft in which she flew was ordered specially for the aviatrix by the Beech-Nut Packing Company to promote their chewing gum. The autogiro was a…

This cut-out affixed to card stock shows a full picture of Earhart posing in her leather coat and hat.

Earhart stands gazing off in her flying gear in New York, New York.

This cut-out of Earhart in her leather coat was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.

Earhart stands smiling in a field in Ireland after her first solo transatlantic flight. She had flown across the Atlantic four years earlier in 1928; however, Earhart was not the pilot of that aircraft.

This cutout photograph features Earhart in a navy uniform. This first female to fly across the Atlantic both as a passenger and later in a solo journey as a pilot was made an honorary member of the United States Navy.

Earhart smiles proudly in New York City shortly after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon.

In the 1930s, Earhart and her husband, George Putnam built their home in Toluca Lake. There Earhart lived until her 1937 around-the-world flight from which she never returned. It is rumored that a carob tree on the property that still stands was…

This cut-out of Amelia Earhart's profile portrait was affixed to card stock by the pilot's secretary and avid admirer, Margot DeCarie.

Earhart relaxes with a book.
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