Vintage photo of American aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart (1897 – declared dead 1939) – Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan famously vanished in 1937 while she was trying to become the first female to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe. Earhart is pictured walking with President Herbert Hoover at The White House in June 1932 where Hoover presented her with a National Geographic Society gold medal in recognition of her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic.

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Vintage photo of American aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart (1897 – declared dead 1939) – Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan famously vanished in 1937 while she was trying to become the first female to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe. Earhart is pictured walking with President Herbert Hoover at The White House in June 1932 where Hoover presented her with a National Geographic Society gold medal in recognition of her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. Walking behind them are Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor of National Geographic magazine and President of the National Geographic Society, and Mrs Hoover.

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