[Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Model 5C Vega Special aircraft being refueled]

Photograph of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Model 5C Vega Special aircraft (tail number NR965Y) being refueled outside a hangar, circa 1920s-1930s.

Inscription on verso: "All these United States Army pictures have plenty of pockets, with a hand in each, and with 50% of the shoes on furlough."

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