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Amelia Earhart on her scooter - 1935(uploads.ovarit.com)

Posted October 23, 2024 by lesbiansherlock in WomensHistory

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October 24, 2024

Countdown until TRAs retroactively trans her.. 3 2 1…

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October 23, 2024

I love this! I do photo restoration too, and whoever did this and colorised it did an amazing job!

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October 23, 2024

(Edited October 23, 2024)

If I were a teen, I would love to have it in my wall posters collection!

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October 23, 2024

I’ve never seen this picture before. She was so badass.

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October 23, 2024

Here's Earhart riding the scooter with actress June Travis:

https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/noartistknown/amelia-earhart-et-june-travis/photograph/asset/2022865?offline=1

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October 23, 2024

I love this picture.

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October 24, 2024

As a Purdue grad (I know she’s not an alumna, but we still claim her) who toodles around town on a Ninebot scooter, I FUCKING LOVE THIS.

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October 23, 2024

So, wait, we had this technology but shelved it for like 60 years? Why?

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October 23, 2024

(Edited October 24, 2024)

The Autoped electric scooter was invented in 1913 and went into mass-production in 1915: https://youtube.com/shorts/gSHIT7Ajm74?si=-uEtc_QFFLeFPbu5

https://youtube.com/shorts/pjdfMDgdJzE?si=Zu3qQ85ctystA8ll

https://silodrome.com/autoped-motorized-scooter/

1917: https://youtu.be/qrBqlxWXgVY?si=viRTfXMADxOLN6qh

https://youtu.be/SLd4HHxqGLo?si=46tPnqjivi0wQSBE

This thread has great photos some of motorized "autopeds" that were all the rage more than 100 years ago: https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1571881244991885312

This video gives some of the reasons autopeds went out of fashion and manufacturing stopped: https://youtu.be/IW04YUsXzVM?si=H0kxNfuQN8AEjtFU

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October 24, 2024

Fascinating! I love seeing old tech.

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October 24, 2024

Wow! Thanks Proxy!

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Posted October 23, 2024 by lesbiansherlock

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