Wright Brothers Photographs

 

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Item Identifier Number

ms1_24_2_1

Creation Date

12-29-1943

Collection

MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection

Description

A reviewing stand with dignitaries and a crowd for the unveiling of a two-ton marble monument on the site of the Wright Brothers first civilian pilot training school. The monument reads, "1910-1943. This stone to mark the airdrome expansion at Maxwell Field, completed on 1 December 1943, must endure in honor of Orville Wright who flew here on 26 March 1910 and Lieut. Wm. C. Maxwell for whom this post is named, and all men who fly for freedom, the living and the dead."

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 print, black and white

Permissions

Special Collections and Archives provides reprints or digital copies of our materials for a fee. For further information please visit their website or call (937) 775-2092.

Date Digital

3-4-2003

Digitization Specification

AGFA DuoScan T2000XL

Spatial Coverage

Montgomery, Alabama


Keywords

ms1_24_2_1; Military Air Fields; Maxwell Field (Ala.); Maxwell Air Force Base (Ala.); Rites and ceremonies; Historic sites; Monuments; Memorials Airport control towers; Hangars; Orators; Cameras; Airport buildings

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In Copyright