Amelia Earhart’s Trophy Chest (Open)
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This hand-carved trophy chest has design features that reflect three of Earhart's milestone flights.
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In 1935 Earhart’s husband, George Putnam, commissioned Albert Wood and Five Sons, of Port Washington, New York, to build a chest for her trophies, plaques, and memorabilia. Putnam conceived the wheel motif for the ebony feet. Wood designed the hand-carved motifs on the Burma teakwood representing three milestones: Earhart’s 1932 transatlantic, 1935 Honolulu-Oakland, and 1935 Mexico City–Newark solo flights.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number:
A20030156000cp12
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