Amelia Earhart honored at the Boston airport

Item Information

Title:
Amelia Earhart honored at the Boston airport
Description:
A black and white image of Amelia Earhart holding a bouquet of roses surrounded by dignitaries and a police escort walking away from a plane. In 1928, Earhart became the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the plane "Friendship" with co-pilots Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and Louis "Slim" Gordon.
Publisher:
Yankee Publishing Incorporated
Date:
1928
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white negatives
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC053: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950
Subjects:
airplanes
pilots
airports
celebrations
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 glass negative
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/305504
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
305504
Call #:
PC053.01.09.001.001