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Photograph of Amelia Earhart seated in the cockpit of a United Airlines Boeing Model 247D aircraft, February 5, 1933. Several stickers are affixed to the verso.
Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart in UAL 247D / Feb. 5, 1933."
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."
Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman Carol Nicholson climbing into the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945.
Photograph of Carol Nicholson sitting on the wing of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (fuselage designation U39), circa 1943-1945. An unidentified person sits in the plane's rear cockpit.Inscription on verso: "Too Carol Nicholson."
Photograph of Carol (Nicholson) Lewis sitting on the wing of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (fuselage designation U39), circa 1943-1945. An unidentified person sits in the plane's rear cockpit.
Photograph of Carol Nicholson (right) and an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman in the cockpits of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (nose designation U78), circa 1943-1945.
Inscription on verso: "Now that's silly!"
Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945Inscription on verso: "S'a tough squeeze. What I need is a shoe horn."
Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman watching a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft taxi through a dust storm, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is a dust storm at the main field. It gets so thick that you can't see 2 ft. in front of you. Actually!"
Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman Carol Nicholson standing next to a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945.
Photograph of Carol Nicholson (right) and Nancy (Nordhoff) Dunnam of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) in the cockpits of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (nose designation U78), circa 1943-1945.
Inscription on verso: "This is to be immediately destroyed - a couple of gremlins if I know my gremlins - and I do."