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

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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.

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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…

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Earhart stands conversing with a man on a sunny day in Texas.

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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…

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Earhart is greeted after an aerial journey with flowers and photographs.

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Earhart stands talking to a man and woman in front of a plane. The inscriptions on the photograph read, "Anderson FEB 12 1935 Permatone," and "Fred @ White."

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In the spring of 1932, Earhart and her husband, George Putnam arrived in Cherbourg, France. They were greeted with flowers by frenchman M. Quoniam.

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The Lochheed Electra was developed in the 1930s and was made famous by Earhart.

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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.

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This picture of Earhart sitting in her Lockheed Vega, the same aircraft in which she made her famous transatlantic voyage, was featured in the Annual Solemn Memorial Eucharist program. The caption read, "Amelia, still wearing her leather flying…

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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.

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Photographer Albert L. Bresnik captures Amelia in front of the map detailing her round-the-world tour.

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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.

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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…

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

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Amelia sits with her mother, Amy Earhart in North California. Mrs. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1869 and outlived her daughter, passing away in 1962.

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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.

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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. …

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Amelia Earhart and award-winning actress Helen Hayes sit together, posing with a film camera tripod.

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Earhart and husband George Putnam pose for a portrait. After a long friendship and six proposals, the couple was finally married in February 1961.

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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.

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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.

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This image is a cut-out of a portrait of the famous woman aviator Amelia Earhart. Earhart began her flying career at the age of twenty-four. In January 1921, she took her first flying lesson. She went on to set numerous records and became the…
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