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- Souvenir Booklet, "The Log of the Graf Zeppelin," 1930 - This booklet commemorates the around-the-world flight of Germany's <em>Graf Zeppelin</em> in 1929. The airship flew east from Lakehurst, New Jersey, on August 8 and returned to Lakehurst from the west on August 29, having covered 20,651 miles in three weeks. The voyage, partly financed by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, brought press attention to airship travel.

- 08 August 1929-29 August 1929
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Souvenir Booklet, "The Log of the Graf Zeppelin," 1930
This booklet commemorates the around-the-world flight of Germany's Graf Zeppelin in 1929. The airship flew east from Lakehurst, New Jersey, on August 8 and returned to Lakehurst from the west on August 29, having covered 20,651 miles in three weeks. The voyage, partly financed by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, brought press attention to airship travel.
- "Worst is Ahead as Amelia Earhart Prepares for Howland Island Hop," June 30, 1937 - Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan took off from Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, bound for Howland Island, some 2,560 miles away. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter <em>Itasca</em> waited at Howland to guide their approach. Radio difficulties plagued Earhart's communication with the <em>Itasca</em> and may have impaired her airplane's navigational equipment. Earhart and Noonan never reached their destination.

- June 30, 1937
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"Worst is Ahead as Amelia Earhart Prepares for Howland Island Hop," June 30, 1937
Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan took off from Lae, New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, bound for Howland Island, some 2,560 miles away. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca waited at Howland to guide their approach. Radio difficulties plagued Earhart's communication with the Itasca and may have impaired her airplane's navigational equipment. Earhart and Noonan never reached their destination.
- "Here's Log of Amelia's Air Venture," July 1937 - When Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island, a planned stop on their 1937 around-the-world flight, United States Navy and Coast Guard crews launched an intensive search effort. When the official search ended after 17 days, Earhart's husband, George Putnam, financed an additional private effort. No trace of Earhart, Noonan or their Lockheed Electra was found.

- July 01, 1937
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"Here's Log of Amelia's Air Venture," July 1937
When Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island, a planned stop on their 1937 around-the-world flight, United States Navy and Coast Guard crews launched an intensive search effort. When the official search ended after 17 days, Earhart's husband, George Putnam, financed an additional private effort. No trace of Earhart, Noonan or their Lockheed Electra was found.
- Scrapbook of Aviation Photographs and Articles, circa 1928 - Kenneth Henderson compiled this scrapbook around 1928. It included photographs and newspaper clippings related to some of the top pilots and airplanes of the day. William Brock, Richard Byrd, Anthony Fokker, Charles Lindbergh, and Edward Schlee were among the aviators Henderson documented.

- circa 1928
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Scrapbook of Aviation Photographs and Articles, circa 1928
Kenneth Henderson compiled this scrapbook around 1928. It included photographs and newspaper clippings related to some of the top pilots and airplanes of the day. William Brock, Richard Byrd, Anthony Fokker, Charles Lindbergh, and Edward Schlee were among the aviators Henderson documented.
- Poem, "For Amelia Earhart" by Nathalia Crane, 1937 - Amelia Earhart's enduring fame is due in part to the mysterious nature of her disappearance. Since her failure to reach Howland Island in 1937, Earhart has been memorialized in poems, plays, novels, songs, and films. Many theories on her fate have been proposed but, whatever happened on that last flight, Earhart's life remains a source of inspiration today.

- 1937
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Poem, "For Amelia Earhart" by Nathalia Crane, 1937
Amelia Earhart's enduring fame is due in part to the mysterious nature of her disappearance. Since her failure to reach Howland Island in 1937, Earhart has been memorialized in poems, plays, novels, songs, and films. Many theories on her fate have been proposed but, whatever happened on that last flight, Earhart's life remains a source of inspiration today.
- "Center Earhart Search on Reefs," July 1937 - When Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island, a planned stop on their 1937 around-the-world flight, United States Navy and Coast Guard crews launched an intensive search effort. When the official search ended after 17 days, Earhart's husband, George Putnam, financed an additional private effort. No trace of Earhart, Noonan or their Lockheed Electra was found.

- July 01, 1937
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"Center Earhart Search on Reefs," July 1937
When Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island, a planned stop on their 1937 around-the-world flight, United States Navy and Coast Guard crews launched an intensive search effort. When the official search ended after 17 days, Earhart's husband, George Putnam, financed an additional private effort. No trace of Earhart, Noonan or their Lockheed Electra was found.