Candice Kraughto is the Director of Public Relations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii and thelobby.com's expert on Hawaii.
I'm fascinated with Amelia. July 24th marks the anniversary of the famous aviatrix's birthday and debut of "Amelia Earhart at The Royal Hawaiian - a Collection of Recently Discovered Photos from Matson Archives." The hotel presents a collection of recently discovered and rarely seen photographs of Amelia Earhart, documenting her time in Hawai'i from December 22, 1934 to January 12, 1935 and March 18-20, 1937. The photos will be on display in the resort's Coronet Lounge until the end of the year. The collection includes 65 black and white photographs that document Amelia Earhart and her Lockheed Vega, a red high wing monoplane (identification on wing NR-965-Y) on Matson Lines S.S. Lurline passenger ship and in Hawaii.
Earhart and her Lockheed Vega were transported on the S.S. Lurline from Los Angeles to Honolulu December 22, 1934 and arrived in Honolulu at Aloha Tower five days later on December 27th with her husband George Putnam and technical expert Paul Mantz. Although she was planning her solo flight across the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland, the aviatrix also vacationed in Waikiki and was photographed relaxing at The Royal Hawaiian, having tea in a kimono robe and even sharing a pineapple with Duke Kahanamoku. The photo exhibit runs through the end of the year.
