[Surfing, Tom Blake, Amelia Earhart] National Geographic Magazine Vol. LXVII, No. 5, May, 1935

Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1935. Offset. 7 x 10 in. Perfect bound. Very good with shelf wear and bumping to spine; interior bright and clean. Item #5842

A 1935 issue of National Geographic which includes a photo essay by Thomas Edward Blake, a key figure in the popularization of surfing, helping take the sport from a regional curio to national phenomena. The 8 duotone photographs of men and women catching waves in Waikiki appear in Amelia Earhart’s essay “My Flight from Hawaii.”.

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