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Amelia Earhart Biographical File
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Amelia Earhart
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[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]
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BIO_image_044
Source
Biographical Files / Box: Assorted Collections (Safe) [One], Folder: Amelia Earhart
Description
Photograph of Amelia Earhart landing her Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart landing at Oakland / Jan 12, 1935."
Creation Date
1935-01-12
Subject
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
Women air pilots
Lockheed Model 5C Vega Special, NC965Y(6th Earhart Aircraft)
Place
Oakland (Calif.)
California
United States
Extent
1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in
Language
English
Original Format
photographic prints
Bibliographic Citation
The Museum of Flight Biographical Information Files/The Museum of Flight
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[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]
, [BIO_image_044]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 11/02/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/26128