David Binney Putnam, Amelia Earhart and Dorothy Binney Putnam, Rye, New York, 1928

Summary

Amelia Earhart took her first airplane ride in December 1920 and, from then on, devoted her life to aviation. She worked odd jobs to pay for flying lessons and earned her pilot's license in 1923 -- only the 16th woman to do so. Earhart set records, made headlines and became one of the world's most famous pilots, female or male.

Amelia Earhart took her first airplane ride in December 1920 and, from then on, devoted her life to aviation. She worked odd jobs to pay for flying lessons and earned her pilot's license in 1923 -- only the 16th woman to do so. Earhart set records, made headlines and became one of the world's most famous pilots, female or male.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1928

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.185

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

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