Amelia Earhart: Hawaii celebrates the great aviator
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Earhart enjoyed two well-documented trips to Hawai'i before she disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

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Earhart enjoyed two well-documented trips to Hawai'i before she disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
The Matson Lines S.S. Lurline, seen here in 1935, ferried celebrities and ordinary passengers from California to Hawai'i in style.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega, which she would use on her solo flight to Oakland, arrives in Honolulu Harbor aboard the S.S. Lurline on Dec. 27, 1934.
Aloha Tower still welcomes cruise passengers to Honolulu, as it did Amelia Earhart in 1934.
Already famous, Amelia Earhart receives an aloha greeting from hula dancer Dorothy Leslie upon her first visit to Hawai''i, in late 1934.
Amelia Earhart and her husband George Putnam relax on a veranda at the Royal Hawaiian while listening to island musicians.
The recent renovation of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel restored the lobby verandas overlooking a coconut grove, which Amelia Earhart enjoyed during her stays in the 1930s.
Surf legend and Honolulu sheriff Duke Kahanamoku, who regularly entertained visiting celebrities, shares a pineapple with Amelia Earhart on Jan. 2, 1935.
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