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Item Identifier Number
ms192_015
Creation Date
6-18-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
This image is taken from the audience of the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. In the distance, school children are clothed in red, white, and blue to form the United States of America flag in the grandstands. On the main stage, General James Allen is presenting the Congressional Medals to the Wright Brothers. In the center of the stage are Wilbur and Orville Wright. To the left of Wilbur is General Allen. Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, United States Army Signal Corps, is standing next to Allen. Next to Lahm seated on the left and wearing a dark suit and glasses is J. Sprigg McMahon, director of the ceremonies, and on his left is Governor Judson Harmon seen clapping his hands. Directly behind Wilbur, is Leontine Wright, the daughter of Lorin Wright. Seated on the right of Orville is Bishop Milton Wright. Lorin Wright's son Milton Wright is seated next to his grandfather. On the far right of the stage seated next to a pole is Reuchlin Wright. Behind the Bishop and Milton Wright, is Lorin Wright seated with his wife, Ivonette Stokes Wright on his right and his son Horace Wright on his left. Other distinguished guests invited to sit on the stage during the ceremony include members of the Heidelberg celebration band lead by John V. Lytle.
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
1-17-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_015; Spectators; Stages; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; Performance art; Grandstands; Child artists; Harmon, Judson, 1846-1927; Wright, Ivonette Stokes, 1865-1940; Flags--United States; Allen, James, 1849-1933; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Horace, 1901-1988; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963; Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939; Wright, Milton, 1892-1961; United States. Army--Officers; Medal ceremonies; Rites and ceremonies; Montgomery County Fairgrounds (Ohio); Jameson, Leontine Wright, 1898-1977; Wright, Milton, 1828-1917; Wright, Reuchlin, 1861-1920; Children performance; Heidelberg Celebration Band; McMahon, J. Sprigg, 1869-1931
