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In late November 1934, while Earhart was away on a speaking tour, a fire broke out at the Putnam residence in Rye, destroying many family treasures and Earhart's personal mementos.{{sfn|Lovell|1989|p=209}} Putnam had already sold his interest in the New York-based publishing company to his cousin [[Palmer Cosslett Putnam|Palmer Putnam]]. Following the fire, the couple decided to move to the west coast, where Putnam took up his new position as head of the editorial board of [[Paramount Pictures]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]].{{sfn|Sloate|1990|p=64}}{{efn|Amelia preferred the more benign weather of the west coast for flying and based her later years' operation from California rather than the east coast.}}

At Earhart's urging, in June 1935, Putnam purchased a small house in [[Toluca Lake, Los Angeles|Toluca Lake]], a [[San Fernando Valley]] celebrity enclave community between the [[Warner Brothers]] and [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]] studio complexes, where they had earlier rented a temporary residence.<ref>Altman, Elizabeth. [http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOBOX=1&CISOPTR=1617&CISOROOT=/SFVH&REC=3 "Amelia Earhart home, Toluca Lake, 2003."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325084331/http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOBOX=1&CISOPTR=1617&CISOROOT=%2FSFVH&REC=3 |date=March 25, 2012 }} Oviatt Library Digital Archives, Delmar T. Oviatt Library, Urban Archives Center, California State University, Northridge, California. Photo: {{as of|2003|09|29}}. Retrieved: September 23, 2011.</ref><ref name="TLCoChist">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717070506/http://www.tolucalakechamber.com/History.htm "History."] ''TolucaLakeChamber.com'', July 17, 2011. Retrieved: September 15, 2010.</ref> Before moving into their new home, Earhart and Putnam spent several months remodeling and enlarging the existing small building to meet their needs.{{sfn|Butler|1997|p=341}}

In September 1935, Earhart and [[Paul Mantz]] established a business partnership they had been considering since late 1934, and established the short-lived Earhart-Mantz Flying School, which Mantz controlled and operated through his aviation company United Air Services, which was based at [[Burbank Airport]]. Putnam handled publicity for the school, which primarily taught instrument flying using [[Link Trainer]]s.{{sfn|Long|Long|1999|pp=53–54}} Also in 1935, Earhart joined [[Purdue University]] as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and as a technical advisor to its Department of Aeronautics.{{sfn|Goldstein|Dillon|1997|p=145}}{{efn|Her job at Purdue was outlined by [[Edward C. Elliott]], the President of Purdue University.}}