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Dickey Chapelle
1940
"She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization formed in 1940 to teach women to fly and the...
Dickey Chapelle and Aunt Louise
February 1957
Dickey Chapelle and her Aunt Louise embrace at Idlewild Airport after Chapelle's return from Budapest, Hungary.
Dickey Chapelle with Children
circa 1960-1965
Dickey Chapelle, with cameras around her neck, poses with three women and a group of children.
Portrait of Young Dickey Chapelle
1942
Three-quarter length portrait of a young Dickey Meyer Chapelle posing in front of a fireplace mantel wearing a blouse and dress pants.
Children Salute U.S. Army Helicopter
June 1962
A group of children in a village near the Laotian border saluting a U.S. helicopter that landed there.
Dickey and Tony Chapelle
1950
Dickey Meyer Chapelle poses with her husband Tony Chapelle next to a vehicle.
