Amelia Earhart -- Commercial Street Mall, Atchison KS - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

A statue of hometown aviation pioneer and hero Amelia Ehrhardt stands on the eastern edge of the awful Commercial Street Mall near South 5th Street in downtown Atchison Kansas.

The statue appears to be slightly larger than life-size. Earhart is depicted as if she has just stepped out of her plane. Upon further reflection, Blasters wonder if this statue is a reproduction of a famous photograph of Earhart from the 1930s.

Earhart's hair, worn short, is mussed as if from wind. She wears a flyers leather jacket of the era, with two snap-flap pockets on the front. Her jacket is unzipped nearly to the waist, revealing her shirt and knotted aviator's scarf underneath. Her right arm hangs at her side, and her left hand rests at her waist, in a confident pose.

Earhart wears her trademark cuffed slacks and laced shoes. It was somewhat shocking in the 1930s that a woman would wear slacks, but who wants to climb in and out of a plane in a skirt? duh!

Around the round bronze base of the staue, these words are cast in a circle:

"LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME"

(Signature of Amelia Earhart)

A plaque in the base of the statue reads as follows:

"To the City of Atchison
with funds made available from
ENID AND CROSBY KEMPER FOUNDATION
1897- AMELIA EARHART -1937
Sculpture in bronze 1980-81
by David T.S.Jones
cast at Renaissance Art Foundry
Atchison Art Association"

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