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PROPERTY FROM THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND LINDBERGH PAPERS OF AVIATION JOURNALIST, EARL FINDLEY
WRIGHT BROTHERS – A group of period photographs, c.1903-1928.
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WRIGHT BROTHERS – A group of period photographs, c.1903-1928.
Approximately 37 pieces, various sizes 150 x 90mm to 240 x 190mm (some with pencil notes or stamps one versos; one item bears a loss to upper right corner).
Photographs from Earl Findley’s collection documenting milestones in the Wright Brothers’ careers. The collection includes an image of Wilbur Wright flying in Paris in 1909 as well as a monument in the Brothers’ honor later erected in Pau; the first flight with an American flag in Fort Myer, Virginia, in 1908; a hangar at Huffman Prairie, near Simms Stations outside Dayton, Ohio, that served as an early test site; Kill Devil Hills, where the Brothers made four successful flights and is now the location of the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center; as well as Orville Wright holding the spade for the groundbreaking of the Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Approximately 37 pieces, various sizes 150 x 90mm to 240 x 190mm (some with pencil notes or stamps one versos; one item bears a loss to upper right corner).
Photographs from Earl Findley’s collection documenting milestones in the Wright Brothers’ careers. The collection includes an image of Wilbur Wright flying in Paris in 1909 as well as a monument in the Brothers’ honor later erected in Pau; the first flight with an American flag in Fort Myer, Virginia, in 1908; a hangar at Huffman Prairie, near Simms Stations outside Dayton, Ohio, that served as an early test site; Kill Devil Hills, where the Brothers made four successful flights and is now the location of the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center; as well as Orville Wright holding the spade for the groundbreaking of the Wright Brothers National Memorial.