Naomi James The First Woman To Have Sailed Solo Around

In 1637, Elizabeth Poole became the first European woman to found a town in the Americas: Taunton. She sailed from Plymouth, England in 1633 on the Speedwell.

Artist: Corbis UK Title: Amelia Earhart, First Woman to Fly Atlantic Solo Medium: Photo Litho, 1999, Hong Kong Dimensions: 8.55x6.65" Description: Heat Wax Mounted on 11x14" Conservation Board Reserve

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5b Fabric Swatch from Wing. CAG Encapsulated. Ex. Smithsonian. Fabric swatch taken from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B where she became the first woman to fly solo ac

Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic as well as many other records. She actively promoted civil air travel and aviation for female pilots. By 1928, s

On the cover of McCall's Magazine for Women is Amelia Earhart dated May 1937, in a portrait drawn by Neysa McMeinches. Ms. Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, two years

Anita King, actress, was first woman to drive solo across United States. Lot includes 8 vintage photographs, six pieces related ephemera, and a metal Kissel Kar Club tag. Various Hollywoods pics inclu

Including: NANCY ASTOR VISCOUNTESS (LADY ASTOR) (1879-1964) first woman MC; JAMES G. BLAINE (1830-1893) US Senator from Maine; JOHN DIEFENBAKER (1895-1979) Canadian PM; JOHN FOSTER DULLES (1888-1959)

Eve Arnold (1912–2012) was an American photojournalist and one of the first women to join the prestigious Magnum Photos agency. Born on April 21, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arnold's career

Two kerosene figural 19th c lamps. First item: S. Coville Mfg Co. of figural man and woman around a water fountain. Lion with water coming out of his mouth. Dimensions: h:22.75 in. x w:5 in., shade di

Pair lithograph on glass solo females, both have trademark label that reads ‘Copyright 1900/1899 The Ullman MFG Co. New York’, subject of first a blonde woman in a floral dress standing on a stone

Charles A Knotek (American, 1933 - 2008) "First Airship Flight Around the World" Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Signed lower middle. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (19

Eng Tay (b-1947, West Malaysia). Artist Proof etching in color on off-white wove paper. Untitled II, depicts three women surrounding a baby taking it's first breath. Signed by the artist in pencil low

Two vintage Meerschaum pipes. The first pipe is finely carved depicting a hand holding the bowl. The fingers are well detailed, as well as the lace around the cuffed sleeve. Amber pipe stem. Measures

On November 13th 1620, Pilgrim women come ashore in the New World for the first time to wash their clothes while the Mayflower was anchored in Provincetown Harbor.

Middle East.- Hamilton (James) Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings around the Birth-Place of the Prophet, and across the Aethiopian Desert, from Sawakin to Chartum, first edition, half-title, 2

James Rizzi (1950-2011) STARRY EYED WOMAN; BUCK TOOTHER III; YELLOW BUS Scratchboard and two hand-colored etchings, circa 1972-1974, signed (the first incised, the second in pencil and the third in in

[COOKS VOYAGES] First Edition. A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World. Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full and Comple

Chinese porcelain plate "woman with parasole" after Cornelis Pronk 18th - Sizes: D=225mm - Weight (K): 0,33kg - Condition: at first glance - Small crack around the edge - no restoration - no repair

A portrait of the woman who beguiled the bachelor artist. Herbert (1896-1970) was bewitched by the beautiful "Betty" White at first sight. A bachelor of 51 at the time, he quickly proposed to & marrie

James Harold Jennings (NC, 1939-1999), Two Folk Art Worksthe first is a three dimensional construction of three Indians around a table, signed twice on the back boards, address included (9 1/2 x 7 1/2

Vintage dinner invitation reading Dinner to the right honorable David Floyd George by the solos club, New York. November first 1923. With images of a couple dancing and an angelic woman with a harp in

BOTERO WOMEN BOOK W/ INTRODUCTION BY CARLOS FUENTES -VERY GOOD CONDITION, MINOR DOG EAR TO OUTSIDE COVER -Since the age of nineteen-the year of his first solo exhibition-Fernando Botero has delighted

Two large prints by James S. King (American 1852 - 1925), c. late 1800's, the first, titled "Tea in the Garden" after a painting by J.H. Witt (American, 1840 - 1901), depicts two well dressed women en

The first oval 19th C. KPM portrait depicting a woman playing the organ with lilies on her lap and a halo around her head, with KPM marks on verso, 10.5” x 8.75”, frame 22.5” x 19.75