Amelia Earhart Leaving Burry Port in the "Friendship," June 19, 1928

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Artifact Overview

Amelia Earhart and her Friendship crewmates, Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, had intended to fly from Newfoundland to Southampton, England, in June 1928. Instead, they landed off Burry Port, Wales. It did not matter. When the trio came ashore, some 2,000 people -- nearly the entire population of Burry Port -- came out to see the woman who had conquered the Atlantic Ocean.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

19 June 1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.61

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: 6 in

Amelia Earhart Leaving Burry Port in the "Friendship," June 19, 1928