American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

11.875" x 8.8". Lot consists of a former scrapbook page including three newspaper photographs and a postcard, the latter signed by Amelia Earhart. All labels are written in French, and include a bold pasted title reading MISS EARHART, QUI SURVOLA L'ATLANTIQUE, FAIT UNE VISIT A BRUXELLES. The three photographs are flanked by the date 1932 with the upper left one additionally marked "Arrivee a Haeren", and the upper right, "Hommage an Soldat inconnu" an appropriately depict Earhart before a podium and laying a wreath at the Belgian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The third photograph below shows Earhart and her husband, George Putnam, in the company of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and labeled "Reception au Chateau de Laeken", the traditional home of Belgian royalty. The card itself is signed on one side with an explanation upon the other declaring that this card was signed during the reception of Earhart at the Aero Club de Belgique in the Palais Des Academies, home of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences

King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium received Amelia Earhart and her husband, George Putnam, at the Royal Palace on June 13, 1932. This royal visit closely followed Earhart's famed Transatlantic solo-flight, which she began on May 20, 1932, and for which she would be honored worldwide. Congress issued her the Distinguished Flying Cross, while the French inducted her into the Legion of Honor, and the National Geographic Society issued her their Gold Medal. Her achievements in the cockpit drew the attention from some of the highest offices in the world, including President Herbert Hoover, who was the one to present her with the Gold Medal, and Eleanor Roosevelt, with whom she would correspond until her death. A document signed by Amelia Earhart as she achieved truly international fame.