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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1897-07-24-1937- - 1937

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Ronnie collection of Los Angeles aviation photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 7088
Abstract A collection of 264 early Los Angeles aviation photographs, including several of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and other pioneering pilots at the first National Air Races held in Los Angeles in September of 1928 at Mines Field (now the location of the Los Angeles International Airport). Arthur Ronnie--former Los Angeles Herald Examiner reporter and studio publicist--initially collected and identified the material in this collection. Also included are...
Dates: 1920 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1928 September 8 - 1928 September 16

USC Library of Aeronautical History Women's International Association of Aeronautics records

 Collection
Identifier: 0055
Abstract

Biographies of early woman aviators, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, instructional materials; copies of Aerogram, the WIAA publication; personal archives of Elizabeth L. McQueen (Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQueen, d.1958), founder of WIAA in 1929 and the Women's Aeronautic Association of California, and organizer of the Women's Air Derby ("Powder Puff Derby").

Dates: 1920 - 1958