Four 1932 Amelia Earhart wire service photos in black and white accompanied by original descriptive text. All relate to her Solo Flight across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe
(1) Black and white photo of Dan and Earhart posing i for a handshake.. 22 x 17 cm. Partial text from World Wide Photo's detached descriptive slip dated 5/31/32: "Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam Receives the Congratulations of "Dan," The First Man to Greet Her When she alighted from her plane in Londonderry, Ireland ... her Recent Feat Makes Her First Woman in History to Complete a Solo Flight across the Atlantic." (2) " Black and white photo of a crowd scene in front of plane with Earhart's face visible. 22 x 18 cm. Partial text from World Wide Photo's attached descriptive slip dated 5/31/32: "A Trans-Atlantic Flight Comes to a Halt in Londonderry. Londonderry, Ireland. Native Folk Examine the Plane...": (3) Black and white photo of Earhart in jacket and crowded around by several men. 22 x 18 cm. Partial text from attached descriptive text from World Wide Photos dated 5/31/32: "Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam ... surrounded ... at Hanworth Airdrome near London, from Londonderry .. where she was forced to stop her attempted Non-Stop Flight ... to Paris..." (4) Black and white photo from behind the crowd as fashionably attired Earhart flanked by uniformed men as she makes her way from a small plane. 26 x 18 cm. (including margins). Partial text from Harris-Ewing Photographic News Service with attached descriptive slip dated 6/21/32: ""The crowd at Washington Airport to welcome Miss Amelia Earhart. first woman to fly the Atlantic alone, as she arrived in National Capital to receive special gold medal from National Geographic Society." Fine. Item #96169
Price: $700.00