Photo of Amelia Earhart just prior to her transatlantic crossing of June 17, 1928. Earhart did not do any flying during the journey; she kept the flight log for the trip.
Date
The earliest date is June 6, 1928-Earhart disappeared in 1937.
A search for original copyright was done in artwork for the year 1928. There were no listings for Wide World Photos. There's no evidence of original copyright.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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