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Item Identifier Number
ms192_004
Creation Date
6-18-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
Wilbur and Orville Wright are accepting Congressional Medals from General James Allen, Chief Signal Officer and Lt. Frank P. Lahm (back to camera) of the United States Army Signal Corps during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony. The ceremony was held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. In the grandstands, school children are clothed in red, white, and blue to form a 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
1-8-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_004; Allen; James; 1849-1933; Child artists; Rites and ceremonies; United States. Army--Officers; Flags--United States; Grandstands; Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963; Children performance; Performance art; Stages; Medals; Medal ceremonies; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Spectators; United States. Army; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; Montgomery County Fairgrounds (Ohio)
