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Item Identifier Number
ms192_021
Creation Date
6-18-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
Bishop Milton Wright is delivering the invocation at the medal ceremony during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Wilbur and Orville are standing behind the Bishop. Leontine Wright, the daughter of Lorin Wright, is behind Wilbur. Behind her is Wilbur Landis, a member of the Ten Dayton Boys Club who were invited to sit on the stage as distinguished guests of the Wright family. To the right of Orville Wright stands Milton Wright the son of Lorin Wright. Lorin and his wife Ivonette Stokes Wright are behind Milton Wright. Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm of the United States Army Signal Corps is on the far left. In the grandstands, school are children clothed in red, white, and blue to form the United States of America flag.
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_021; United States. Army; Child artists; Montgomery County Fairgrounds (Ohio); Invocation; Flags--United States; Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963; Spectators; Wright, Milton, 1892-1961; Landis, Wilbur E., 1862-1932; Rites and ceremonies; United States. Army--Officers; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; Wright, Lorin, 1862-1939; Stages; Wright; Ivonette Stokes; 1865-1940; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Wright, Milton; 1828-1917; Medal ceremonies; Ten Dayton Boys; Performance art; Church of the United Brethren in Christ; Children performance; Jameson; Leontine Wright; 1898-1977; Grandstands; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Soldiers
