Amelia Earhart Receiving a Medal as the First Woman to Fly the Atlantic--Though a Passenger, July 6, 1928
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Skilled aviatrix Amelia Earhart came to national attention in 1928, when she was invited to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic--as a passenger. Wilmer Stutz flew the plane, with Louis Gordon as co-pilot, as the trio made their challenging--and successful--journey from Newfoundland to Wales. The press now dubbed Earhart "Lady Lindy"--a play on aviator Charles Lindbergh's nickname "Lucky Lindy."
Skilled aviatrix Amelia Earhart came to national attention in 1928, when she was invited to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic--as a passenger. Wilmer Stutz flew the plane, with Louis Gordon as co-pilot, as the trio made their challenging--and successful--journey from Newfoundland to Wales. The press now dubbed Earhart "Lady Lindy"--a play on aviator Charles Lindbergh's nickname "Lucky Lindy."
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 July 1928
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.125 in
Width: 8 in
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