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Boston pays homage to Amelia Earhart as 300,000 turn out to greet first girl sea flyer – Antique Wall Art

Boston pays homage to Amelia Earhart as 300,000 turn out to greet first girl sea flyer, [1928] — historic photograph
Boston pays homage to Amelia Earhart as 300,000 turn out to greet first girl sea flyer, [1928]. Historic photograph from the Boston collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Boston pays homage to Amelia Earhart as 300,000 turn out to greet first girl sea flyer. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Boston pays homage to Amelia Earhart as 300,000 turn out to greet first girl sea flyer

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Crowds lining the streets of Boston greeted Amelia Earhart in 1928, and this print records the scale of the welcome. The headline in the record claims 300,000 people turned out for her, making it a striking picture of civic celebration. Earhart had recently become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, though as a passenger aboard the *Friendship* in 1928, and her fame made her an instant national figure. Photographs like this one show how quickly aviation heroes could draw enormous public attention in the late 1920s.

Created / published[1928]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNo. 2953A907.
SubjectsEarhart, Amelia,--1897-1937--Public appearances--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,291 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187228

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