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Earhart visits Harbour Grace Post Office

A black and white photograph of Amelia Earhart, in her flight suit, pictured on outside steps of Harbour Grace Post Office, a gentleman on each side, with other people in background.

Source: Conception Bay Museum Archives

Bernt Balchen (left), Amelia Earhart (centre), and Lewis L’Esperance (right), a Shell Oil representative, on the steps of the old Harbour Grace Post Office, 1932.

Balchen, a famed Norwegian aviator, and mechanic Ed Gorski accompanied Earhart on her trip to Harbour Grace. To avoid press attention, Balchen served as pilot from New Jersey to Harbour Grace.