An informal portrait of Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937, shown seated between two unidentified women in a parade float in Atchison, Kansas. Also visible are the float's driver, spectators, and parked automobiles along the city street. A native of Atchison, Earhart spoke at Memorial Hall to a crowd of 3,500 people during her visit.
Date: June 7, 1935
This photograph can be used to discuss the importance of Amelia Earhart to aviation history, Kansas history, and women's history.
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Item Number: 616
Call Number: B Earhart, Amelia *6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 616
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pilots
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Parades
Curriculum - 4th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Individuals and developments (Benchmark 1) - Notable Kansans (Indicator 1)
Date - 1930s - 1935
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929-1941
Transportation - Air Travel
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/616
