Lot 4034
Collection of Vintage Underwood & Underwood Photographs of Amelia Earhart, Many Rare
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
"Miss Earhart as Graduate," (11) prints; Amelia Earhart with Eleanor Roosevelt's dog, Meggie, ca. 1933, (1) print; "Famous Flyer Takes Time Out for a Little Refreshment," a candid photograph of Earhart eating an ice cream cone, (3) prints; “Earhart in Boston,” a photograph of Earhart and her mother, (3) prints; "Mother of 'Girl Lindy' Listens In," a photo of the Earhart family home together with a photograph of Amelia's mother listening to the radio below, (4) prints.
Portraits of Earhart, most formal, including: a photo of Earhart in 1928, (4) prints; press photo of Earhart in 1930/31, (10) prints; a photo of Earhart in 1932 after landing in Ireland and becoming the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic, (7) prints; photos of Earhart in a polka-dot blouse, ca. 1936, (12) prints; Earhart posing in a biplane in California, (1) print; and a photo of Earhart waving to the crowds from a boat in New York Harbor, (5) prints.
Various photos of Amelia Earhart with her planes, including: Earhart in England in her seaplane "Friendship," (1) print; Earhart in her Lockheed “Vega” plane, (3) prints; Earhart next to a Lockheed commercial-type monoplane, (3) prints; Earhart in her plane after setting a woman's autogiro altitude record in 1931, (1) print; "Amelia Starts Hop Around the World," a portrait of Earhart in 1937 before leaving Oakland on her first attempt to fly around the world, (1) print.
Smallest 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; largest 8 x 10 in.
Private North Carolina Estate
Condition varies, but most with creasing, age toning, and curling; many with edge wear including small chips and tears, a couple with a larger tear or loss; occasional writing and additional stamps on verso, and a few with an area of image transfer, scuffs, and stains or residue; rare light spotting, foxing, and bubbling/waviness.
