Amelia Earhart at a Reception for the "Question Mark" Fliers, January 1929
THF255956 / Amelia Earhart at a Reception for the "Question Mark" Fliers, January 1929
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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
29 January 1929
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.167
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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