Amelia Earhart
The first leg of America’s favorite female pilot’s intended round-the-world trip, from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, is about to take off. She is in front of the plane she has chosen: a Lockheed Electra 10E that was made just for her. On March 17, 1937, she will leave not long after this picture was shot. However, the Electra would sustain damage during Earhart’s takeoff from Hawaii, forcing the cancellation of the journey.
Shirley Temple
The young actress, who appears to be nine or ten years old in this image, plays a cowgirl as part of a Western program. Montie Montana, a well-known rodeo trick rider and stuntman, is her cowboy companion. In this infrequent image taken in Palm Springs, California, about 1938, the two get ready to take the stage at the Desert Inn.
