Amelia Earhart photos

Amelia Earhart at age 25, in her flying gear standing in front of an airplane, California. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Amelia Earhart, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing leather helmet with goggles.

Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Louis Gordon greeted at the Boston airport by Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols upon their arrival from New York. Photograph, photographer not identified, July 1928.

Amelia Earhart, head-and-shoulders portrait, with patterned scarf around her neck, Chicago. Nov. 23, 1928.

Amelia Earhart standing in convertible car with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon at New York city hall, celebrating the fact that she was the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight, New York, NY. July 1928.

Amelia Earhart and her mother in Boston, when 300,000 turned out to cheer the three flyers who made the non-stop flight across the Atlantic. Photograph, photographer not identified, July 1928.

Amelia Earhart with aviation authorities [Sen. Hiram Bingham, Miss Elinor Smith, W.I. Glover, Amelia Earhart, C. Gassaway, and W.P. MacCracken], at U.S. Chamber of Commerce convention, Washington, D.C. Photograph, photographer not identified, May 2, 1929.

Amelia Earhart and Harpo Marx, dressed as a dog catcher, ca. 1932. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Newspaper clipping, "A Flying ‘Redhead, ' unidentified source. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

President Herbert Hoover presenting the gold medal of the National Geographic Society to Amelia Earhart, in recognition of her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic, Washiongton, D.C. Photograph Underwood and Underwood, June 21st, 1932.

Amelia Earhart with headphones adjusting the controls in the cockpit of her Lockheed Electra. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Amelia Earhart sitting on her plane, ca. 1935. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Amelia Earhart standing in front of the propellers on her plane, ca. 1935. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Amelia Earhart standing next to the open door of her Lockheed Vega plane, ca. 1935. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Photograph of George Palmer Putnam and Amelia Earhart, covered in leis, ca. 1935. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

Amelia Earhart with arms spread in front of her plane, ca. February 12, 1937. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.

New York Herald Tribune - Complete map of Amelia Earhart's equatorial flight around the world. George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, Courtesy of Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections.