Banquet Given by Commander Richard Byrd in Honor of Amelia Earhart, New York Biltmore Hotel, July 1928
THF255954 / Banquet Given by Commander Richard Byrd in Honor of Amelia Earhart, New York Biltmore Hotel, July 1928
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Artifact Overview
Amelia Earhart was congratulated by explorer Richard Byrd for her 1928 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart, riding as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon, made the crossing in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane. Byrd used a similar Fokker on his North Pole flight in 1926.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 July 1928
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.166
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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Amelia Earhart, famous for the 1928 flight that made her the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, helped inaugurate transcontinental airline service in 1929. She posed with a Ford Tri-Motor in New York City's Pennsylvania Station. This early service had passengers traveling by train at night and by airplane during daylight. Total travel time to California was 51 hours.