Amelia Earhart at London's Hyde Park Hotel, June 1928

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Artifact Overview

After her June 1928 transatlantic flight with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, in which she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was given a hero's welcome wherever she went. Receptions in Southampton and London, England, were followed by a ticker-tape parade through New York City and a visit with President Calvin Coolidge at the White House.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

June 1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.112

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 in
Width: 8.625 in