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Item Identifier Number
ms192_128
Creation Date
6-17-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
The image shows the Court of Honor of the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration in downtown Dayton, Ohio. The Court of Honor was located on North Main Street from Third Street to the Soldier's Monument and was decorated with lights, garland, flags, and flowers. At the beginning and end of this section were four large triumphal arches, sculpted by Joseph A. Horchert, with columns in between. The sculpture depicts the "Goddess of Victory," a seated woman holding a model of the Wright Flyer raised in her right hand and supporting a globe in her left hand. Horchert worked with Henry Kabierske who designed most of the decorations for the event and worked for Fischer and Sons, of Philadelphia. The image shows the end of the Court of Honor at the Soldier's Monument. On the right hand side of the image is the corner of Steele High School and Dayton Fire Department Station 4.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic Negative
Permissions
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Date Digital
2-1-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_128; Carriages and carts; Columns; Kabierske, Henry; Railroad cars; Dayton--Streets; Dayton Fire Department (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Court of Honor; Horses; Main Street (Dayton, Ohio); Flags--United States; Horchert, Joseph A.; Streets--Ohio--Dayton; Private Fair Soldiers' Monument (Dayton, Ohio); Steele High School (Dayton, Ohio); Courts and courtiers; Streets--Ohio; Horse-drawn vehicles
