National Air and Space Museum Archives

Photograph of Amelia Earhart in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1083
Dates:
May 1932
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-1937) was the first woman to fly (as a passenger) across the Atlantic (1928). On May 29-21, 1932, she made a solo transatlantic flight (Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Northern Ireland). This collection consists of a photograph of Earhart taken after her landing in Londonderry.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one photograph of Earhart taken after her landing in Londonderry following her transatlantic flight, May 1932.

Arrangement

Arrangement
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Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-1937) was the first woman to fly (as a passenger) across the Atlantic (1928). On May 29-21, 1932, she made a solo transatlantic flight (Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry, Northern Ireland). She flew many record flights, published several books and accomplished much for women in aviation before attempting on June 1, 1937, an around-the-world flight from Miami, Florida in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and navigator Frederick J. Noonan were flying from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island when they disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. A exhaustive sea and air search, ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt, was unsuccessful in locating Earhart and Noonan.

Administration

Author
Allan Janus
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Muriel Morrissey, Gift, Unknown, NASM.XXXX.1083
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Allan Janus, 2022.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Photograph of Amelia Earhart in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Acc.XXXX.1083, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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