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Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart

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Auction Date:2012 Aug 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Program from a dinner held in honor of Amelia Earhart at the South Shore Country Club in Chicago, on February 16, 1935, 6.25 x 9.25, two pages, signed under her image on the front cover in pencil by Earhart. A three-stanza, 24-line original poem by Alonzo Newton Benn, titled ‘Amelia Earhart,’ is on the first page. In fine condition, with some light toning to front cover and some mild soiling to back cover. On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. She followed her flight with a national lecture tour. Earhart arrived at Union Station, Chicago, on Saturday morning, February 16, 1935. She was greeted by aviation enthusiasts at the Drake Hotel after her arrival and met with city officials and visited Chicago airport during the afternoon.