No response yet from the Rogers Archive that bought the Miami Herald photos, but the newspaper's editorial staff has gotten excited about the prospect of a Miami Herald photo possibly being a key piece of evidence in TIGHAR's quest to solve the Earhart mystery. I'm now working with a Miami Herald reporter who is writing a story about the photo, The Earhart Project, 2-2-V-1 and the patch that was installed in Miami. A photographer is coming here later today to shoot photos of the artifact. The story will run some time next week.
The paper's librarian has searched through the digital scans of the photos and found the shot we're looking for. It appears to be of slightly better resolution than the print we have, so that's good. The reporter also sent me two other shots that were in the same collection. One shows the airplane in flight, just after take off, gear just coming up. The plane is going left to right so we're seeing the right-hand side of the fuselage. The focus isn't perfect but you can clearly see the patch. The other photo is a real find. It's a "selfy" showing AE and an unidentified woman standing in front of the airplane just behind the right wing. At the left hand side of the frame is the window that was later replaced with a patch. About half of the window is visible but the detail is fantastic. This is, by far, the best photos I've seen of exactly how the window was mounted. AE is wearing the polkadot shirt she is wearing in other Miami photos so we know this picture was taken in Miami.
I would post the photos here except I don't yet know what restrictions there are on publication. The reporter is checking on that.