Item #16256 Amelia Earhart Guest of Honor at Aeronautical Society Dinner, 1932. Amelia Earhart.

Amelia Earhart Guest of Honor at Aeronautical Society Dinner, 1932

Earhart, Amelia

Original Photo

(Aviation). [Photograph]: Amelia Earhart at Royal Aeronautical Society Dinner, 1932. Press photo of pioneering woman aviator with members of aeronautical society in London. 7 x 9 in. Black and white photo. Press caption on verso identified her and others in the photo as “prominent in British public life.” Dated 6/3/32. Light handling dents and some fading to lower right quadrant of image. Earhart poses with twenty-three men dressed formally in the lobby of the Science Museum in London. According to caption information, Earhart was the first woman guest that the British club ever hosted. These original press photo taken by photojournalist within tight timeframe for the benefit of particular editorial board and with the aim of usage by the press to illustrate an article often affected public opinion in the nation. A handsome photograph demonstrating some of the social boundaries that Earhart was crossing, as she made aviation history.

Item #16256

Price: $285.00

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