May 16th Rare Autograph Auction
Amelia Earhart: "Friendship" Crew Signed Ship's Menu. After flying across the Atlantic in June 17, 1928 aboard the "Friendship", Amelia Earhart and her co-pilots returned to the United States aboard the S. S. President Roosevelt. This 6" x 9" four-page menu (single page folded in half vertically) shows the ship on the cover. The interior has the menu for a "Complimentary Dinner Tendered in Honor of Miss Amelia Earhart, Mr. Wilmer Stultz, and Mr. Lou Gordon". The honorees have all signed on the first page, as well as the seven "Guests" that are listed. Some creasing affecting Earhart's and Gordon's signatures but in otherwise fine condition/
Also included is a two-page letter from Robert Morris to his Mother and envelope. Headed; U.S.S. Colorado, July 21, 1937. He writes "I came back to the ship about 10:00 in the morning and heard that the commanding officer had received orders to leave early the next morning in search of Miss Earhart in the vicinity of Howland Island. The aviators aboard the ship and the ship's company searched the entire area. The entire ship's force felt confident that a diligent search had been carried out but to no avail."
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Amelia Earhart "Friendship Crew" Signed Menu & Earhart's Disappearance Search letter
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