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Aviation pioneer and multiple record breaker Ruth Nichols most likely received many letters from fans. This is one such letter in which Nichols is asked for her assistance in detailing a photograph of herself.

Ruth Nichols sits high in the cockpit of a white Crosley Radio Plane before her attempt be the first woman to cross the Atlantic. She started on June 22, 1931 at the Floyd Bennet Airport in New York. Unfortunately her flight was short lived. Later…

Sepia-toned photograph of Teddy Kenyon holding a bowl-shaped trophy in her hand. She is wearing light-colored clothing and is standing in front of her plane. The trophy was awarded to Kenyon for winning first prize in the 1933 National Champion…

Black and white photograph of Blanche Stuart Scott in flight suit, helmet, and gloves, seated at the wheel of an open-cockpit plane

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

After Earhart and George Putnam married in 1931, the couple moved to Putnam's family home in Rye, New York. Here Earhart is shown pushing a wheelbarrow on the property in 1932. The couple only stayed at their east coast residence for a few years. …